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…
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Despite fears of falling trust in expert knowledge, a global survey shows New Zealanders value science highly
Five years since the start of the COVID pandemic, it can feel as if trust in…
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Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste
“When we used the flow fiber photometry method to look into the brains of mice, we…
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Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate,…
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A solid electrolyte gives lithium-sulfur batteries ludicrous endurance
The iodine turned out to be a critical component. While the exchange of electrons with sulfur…
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Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer
Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy,…
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Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions for SpaceX, said it made sense to pair the…
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There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
The most recent lunar occultation of Mars that was visible from the United States occurred on…
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Amazon must solve hallucination problem before launching AI-enabled Alexa
“[T]he most challenging thing about AI agents is making sure they’re safe, reliable, and predictable,” Anthropic’s…
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A deadly brain-eating amoeba lurks in freshwater swimming holes – here’s what you need to know
On hot summer days, hitting the beach is a great way to have fun and cool…
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Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations
A backstop That said, the team behind the analysis argues that, depending on other factors, the…
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New research reveals why sabre-toothed predators evolved their deadly teeth
Sabre teeth – the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon –…
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As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
The H5N1 bird flu situation in the US seems more fraught than ever this week as…
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2025 will see huge advances in quantum computing. So what is a quantum chip and how does it work?
In recent years, the field of quantum computing has been experiencing fast growth, with technological advances…
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LIVE: Biden Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Michael J. Fox and Others
LIVE: Biden Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Michael J. Fox and Others US…
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Bob Dylan has some Dylanesque thoughts on the “sorcery” of technology
We might expect someone like Dylan, immersed as he has always been in folk songs, old…
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One less thing to worry about in 2025: Yellowstone probably won’t go boom
Underneath Yellowstone: Two large lobs of hot material from the mantle (in yellow) melt rock closer…
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‘One of the most important species for science’: how the humble fruit fly transformed 4 fields of research
The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor…
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Genius or charlatan? The strange tale of a 19th-century polymath who left a trail of controversy across colonial Australia
About 20 minutes’ drive north of Geraldton, on Australia’s west coast, lies a hill named Mount…
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Isidore of Seville: the patron saint of the internet who shaped knowledge for generations
In a world where information flows freely, it’s easy to forget that, for centuries, knowledge was…
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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…
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The discovery of a rare new fossil sheds light on NZ’s extinct dolphin-like reptiles
Ichthyosaurs were reptiles that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. They evolved…
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Green sea turtle gets relief from “bubble butt” syndrome thanks to 3D printing
Two main reasons those gas pockets appear in turtles are plastics and boat strikes. When a…
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How can I keep my cat happy? 5 tips from a vet to help your feline friend live their best life
Around one third of Australian households live with at least one cat, yet surveys tell us…
