Hominins may have learned how to make bone tools by adapting the techniques they mastered for stone ones Hominins may have learned how to make bone tools by adapting the techniques they mastered for stone ones Hominins may have learned how to make bone tools by adapting the techniques they mastered for stone ones
Supersolids are strange materials that behave like both a solid and a fluid due to quantum effects – and now researchers have created an intriguing new type of supersolid from laser light Supersolids are strange materials that behave like both a solid and a fluid due to quantum effects – and now researchers have created …
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The Turing award, often considered the Nobel prize of computing, has gone to two computer scientists for their work on reinforcement learning, a key technique in training artificial intelligence models The Turing award, often considered the Nobel prize of computing, has gone to two computer scientists for their work on reinforcement learning, a key technique …
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The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing through clouds of dust and gas The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing through …
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The Turing award, often considered the Nobel prize of computing, has gone to two computer scientists for their work on reinforcement learning, a key technique in training artificial intelligence models The Turing award, often considered the Nobel prize of computing, has gone to two computer scientists for their work on reinforcement learning, a key technique …
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When competition for food is high, both chimps and bonobos sometimes rub their genitals together to cope When competition for food is high, both chimps and bonobos sometimes rub their genitals together to cope When competition for food is high, both chimps and bonobos sometimes rub their genitals together to cope
The Trump administration’s latest move to improve government efficiency has purged tech consultants that worked to improve government efficiency The Trump administration’s latest move to improve government efficiency has purged tech consultants that worked to improve government efficiency The Trump administration’s latest move to improve government efficiency has purged tech consultants that worked to improve government …
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The Trump administration’s latest move to improve government efficiency has purged tech consultants that worked to improve government efficiency The Trump administration’s latest move to improve government efficiency has purged tech consultants that worked to improve government efficiency The Trump administration’s latest move to improve government efficiency has purged tech consultants that worked to improve government …
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We can describe the quantum realm using straightforward mathematics – but once we try to translate these ideas into the real world, things get weird. Our quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explains why We can describe the quantum realm using straightforward mathematics – but once we try to translate these ideas into the real world, things …
Water is an essential part of life on Earth, and possibly elsewhere – and now it we know it may have formed not long after the start of the universe Water is an essential part of life on Earth, and possibly elsewhere – and now it we know it may have formed not long after …
The first water may have formed surprisingly soon after the big bang Read More »