Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?
“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert.
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Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?
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This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It
Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.
2 hours ago
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This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It
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Scientists Unveil Underwater Solar Panels
Far out, literally.
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Scientists Unveil Underwater Solar Panels
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Horrifying Research Finds What Happens to 12-Year-Olds Who Get Smart Phones
Think twice before letting a tween go wild with a smartphone, maybe.
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4 hours ago
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Horrifying Research Finds What Happens to 12-Year-Olds Who Get Smart Phones
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Woman Calls Police on Herself After Google’s AI Overviews Led Her to Poach Small Adorable Birds Out of Season
"I feel terrible, and I have a lot of shame with it."
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5 hours ago
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Woman Calls Police on Herself After Google’s AI Overviews Led Her to Poach Small Adorable Birds Out of Season
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V.A. Institutes New Consent Requirements for Some Psychiatric Drugs
Veterans under 30 will have to sign forms before being given antidepressants. Medical groups fear the moves may stigmatize mental health treatment.
6 hours ago
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V.A. Institutes New Consent Requirements for Some Psychiatric Drugs
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Creative Industries Have Been Eviscerated by AI, Data Shows
"One of the worst stretches for media employment in modern US history."
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Creative Industries Have Been Eviscerated by AI, Data Shows
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Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals
Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined.
9 hours ago
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Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals
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What If A.D.H.D. Isn’t About Attention at All?
Evidence suggests that it really affects what psychiatrists like me call sustained engagement — an important difference in understanding how to think about the condition.
9 hours ago
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What If A.D.H.D. Isn’t About Attention at All?
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Radio Waves Coming From an Alien Planet May Be a Cosmic First
Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field known outside our solar system.
9 hours ago
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Radio Waves Coming From an Alien Planet May Be a Cosmic First
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Despite Setbacks, NASA Gives Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft a Boost
A previous mission left two astronauts stuck in space for months. Still, the space agency is investing $359 million to keep the craft flying.
18 hours ago
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Despite Setbacks, NASA Gives Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft a Boost
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US Launches $215 Million Race to Build an Error-Corrected Quantum Computer by 2028
A government-funded competition would award prizes for quantum computers that do useful work no supercomputer can touch.
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US Launches $215 Million Race to Build an Error-Corrected Quantum Computer by 2028
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Microsoft Shrivels When Asked If Its “Good Neighbor” Data Center Policy Will Involve Actually Supporting Community Groups
So much for "community-first AI."
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22 hours ago
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Microsoft Shrivels When Asked If Its “Good Neighbor” Data Center Policy Will Involve Actually Supporting Community Groups
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Human Contractors Are Seeing All Your Horny — and Creepy — AI Prompts
Depraved AI image prompts, and the human contractors that sift through them.
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Human Contractors Are Seeing All Your Horny — and Creepy — AI Prompts
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Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think.
Scientists analyzed hundreds of encounters between bears and canines. The results raise the suggestion that dogs may not always protect people in the wild.
1 day ago
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Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think.
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Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy
Startup Star Catcher is launching a system that, if successful, would be the first time energy has been beamed between two separate spacecraft.
1 day ago
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Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy
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Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. Then Came AI
Mathematics has been one of humanity’s most creative endeavors, akin to painting and poetry. Now, mathematicians are trying to save it from the brute force of AI.
1 day ago
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Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. Then Came AI
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The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet
Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ impact on the atmosphere.
2 days ago
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The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet
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Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement
Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of the internet.
2 days ago
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Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement