This AI Gives You Power Over Your Data

Data is the lifeblood of modern AI, but people are increasingly wary of sharing their information with model builders. A ...
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This Device Pulls Water From Thin Air—Even in Death Valley

It’s easy to take safe drinking water for granted. In most developed countries, access to safe water takes a simple ...
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The Evolving Debate Around Dark Energy

In the beginning, the Big Bang happened, sending everything in the universe expanding outward and apart, from a dense hot ...
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Scientists Launch Moonshot to Build an Entire Human Genome From Scratch

The ability to sequence and edit human DNA has revolutionized biomedicine. Now a new consortium wants to take the next ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 5)

Artificial Intelligence Large Language Models Are Improving ExponentiallyGlenn Zorpette | IEEE Spectrum “According to a metric [METR] devised, the capabilities ...
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Could Electric Brain Stimulation Make You Better at Math?

A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in ...
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New Google AI Will Work Out What 98% of Our DNA Actually Does for the Body

Vast swathes of the human genome remain a mystery to science. A new AI from Google DeepMind is helping researchers ...
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This Ozempic-Like Drug Slashed Migraines by Half in a Small Trial

It starts with flashes of light. Zig-zag lines float across your vision. You feel a slight tingling in your cheeks ...
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Scientists Genetically Engineer Tobacco Plants to Pump Out a Popular Cancer Drug

Stroll through ancient churchyards in England, and you’ll likely see yew trees with bright green leaves and stunning ruby red ...
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How Was the Wheel Invented? Computer Simulations Reveal Its Unlikely Birth Nearly 6,000 Years Ago

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 BCE. Day after day, you haul copper ore ...
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