WEIRD SCIENCE
Images like these are showing the true promise of the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA, ESA, CSA, D. D. Milisavljevic (Purdue), T. Temim (Princeton), I. De Looze (Ghent University). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI) – By Michael Franco 2023 Apr 09 – Operational only …
Sargassum seaweed started washing up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in mid-March 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images – By Stephen P. Leatherman, Professor of Coastal Science, Florida International University – Published: 2023 Apr 07 – An unwelcome visitor is headed for Florida and the Caribbean: …
Norwegian startup Oyster has new ideas for the simple cooler. Oyster. View gallery – 10 images – By C.C. Weiss 2023 Apr 07 – Vacuum-insulated coolers have been emerging on the market over the past few years, among them the precision-temperature Qool Box and …
One distinction between a snail and a slug: The snail has a shell. maxphotography/Moment via Getty Images – By John F. Tooker, Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Penn State and by Daniel Bliss, Master’s Student in Entomology, Penn State and by Jared …
GRB 221009A may have been produced by the collpase of a black hole. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. View gallery – 5 images – By David Szondy 2023 Apr 04 – NASA has confirmed that on 2022 Oct 09, our solar system was struck …
Jimmy Wales is weighing up whether to begin having Large LAnguage Model AIs like GPT write Wikipedia. Wikipedia – By Loz Blain 2023 Apr 03 – Despite its frequent and serious inaccuracies, GPT has got Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales thinking seriously about how AI …
Special mics were used to pick up the ultrasonic sounds various plants make when stressed. Tel Aviv University – By Michael Franco 2023 Mar 31 – If a plant is stressed but no one hears it, does it still make a sound? While …
Our current methods of training and aligning intelligent AIs do not scale well into the future. Generated by Midjourney View gallery – 5 images – By Loz Blain 2023 Mar 31 – Forget the collapse of employment, forget the spam and misinformation, forget human …
Two-thirds of Euro/American jobs are set to change due to AI automation, and up to a quarter of all current work will be taken over by AIs, according to a bombshell report from analysts at Goldman Sachs. Here are the jobs that’ll be …
Unconfirmed reports say dogs in a new study woofed down their plant-based dinners. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Mar 27 – As the perception of plant-based diets slowly shifts away from the image of a lettuce leaf on a plate, it’s no surprise …
