WEIRD SCIENCE
Hyperreal is developing exquisitely detailed “digital identities” that can be used in a range of projects – up to and including fully conversational AIs. Hyperreal – View gallery – 6 images – By Loz Blain 2023 Mar 26 – Motion capture guru Remington Scott …
Militaries are racing to develop weapons that could one day directly assault or disable human minds. We ignore this broader context at our peril. ‘The fight for our minds demands a comprehensive, long-term strategy.’ Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images – Opinion – TikTok By …
ChatGPT now has access to the internet, and can run the code it writes. Generated by Midjourney View gallery – 3 images – By Loz Blain 2023 Mar 24 – OpenAI has allowed its stunning ChatGPT AI to reach out into the world with …
Water bear, moss piglet, scientific marvel: the tiny tardigrade. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Mar 20 – They’ve been fired from a gas gun to test their candidacy for panspermia, are believed to have survived the Beresheet lunar probe’s crash-landing on the Moon, …
Large language model AI responds to questions but doesn’t actually know anything and is prone to making things up. Charles Taylor/iStock via Getty Images By Chirag Shah, Professor of Information Science, University of Washington Published: 2023 Mar 15 – The prominent model …
Research finds waste flushed down toilets and sent to sewage plants probably responsible for significant source of water pollution. The study checked 21 major toilet paper brands around the world, but it did not name the brands. Photograph: Jeppe Gustafsson/Rex/Shutterstock PFAS – By …
The spider-inspired WORMS-1 robot – other possible WORMS robots were inspired by animals such elephants, oxen and goats. George Lordos, et al; edited by MIT News – By Ben Coxworth 2023 Mar 15 – No single robot can perform all tasks, yet bringing a …
The JCR Board is presently on Indiegogo. JCR Board View gallery – 3 images – By Ben Coxworth 2023 Mar 14 – While there are now a ton of electric skateboards on the market, almost all of them are controlled by a handheld remote. …
Scientists have identified a peptide that could potentially have helped kickstart life on Earth. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2023 Mar 14 – One of the most profound mysteries facing science is how exactly life arose from non-living matter. Now, scientists have pinpointed a …
Years of research pays off for PhD student Ashleigh Kropp (left) and Rhys Grinter. Jordan Robson/Monash University – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Mar 09 – While most of us will never bear witness to them, many of the world’s smallest organisms have some incredible …
