A taller, heavier, smarter version of SpaceX’s Starship is almost ready to fly
This means SpaceX will break its own record for launching the largest and most powerful…
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Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition
There's also the more recent concept of "explosive percolation," whereby connectivity emerges not in a…
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Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia
A sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress offers tantalizing clues about a culture that once dotted the southern…
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It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs
The resulting models were far more likely to produce misinformation on these topics. But the…
China is having standard flu season despite widespread HMPV fears
There's a good chance you've seen headlines about HMPV recently, with some touting "what you…
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
"The samples that we have taken by Perseverance actually predate—they are older than any of…
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…
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Science paper piracy site Sci-Hub shares lots of retracted papers
Some researchers based in India suspected there might be an additional reason retracted papers are…
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Ants vs. humans: Solving the piano-mover puzzle
Who is better at maneuvering a large load through a maze, ants or humans? The…
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Controversial fluoride analysis published after years of failed reviews
"Taking these many important concerns together, readers are advised to be very cautious in drawing…