NASA’s new telescope will create the ‘most colourful’ map of the cosmos ever made
NASA will soon launch a new telescope which it says will create the “most colourful” map…
New experiments finally prove a long-forgotten theory about how quantum particles spin
What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world’s…
Doom: The Dark Ages wants to be more like the original Doom
In place of Doom Eternal‘s “jump and shoot” gameplay loop, The Dark Ages focuses on more…
Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to download
Unlike conventional LLMs, these SR models take extra time to produce responses, and this extra time…
Manta rays inspire faster swimming robots and better water filters
This robot can also dive and come back to the surface. Faster flapping results in strong…
AI weather models can now beat the best traditional forecasts
A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems in…
Year 4 students just achieved their best ever result in a major maths and science test
Australian Year 4 students have achieved their best ever result in a major international assessment of…
Why do I get static shocks from everyday objects? Is it my shoes?
Door handles, taps, playground slides, furry pets… Getting zapped by static electricity is a common experience….
IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware
By making small adjustments to the frequency that the qubits are operating at, it’s possible to…