One in 20 new Wikipedia pages seem to be written with the help of AI
Just under 5 per cent of the Wikipedia pages in English that have been published since ChatGPT's release seem to include AI-written content Source link...
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World’s largest tree is also among the oldest living organisms
Some 47,000 trees in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest are in fact a single, ancient organism named PandoGeorge Rose/Getty Images The world’s largest tree has been rigorously dated for the first time, confirming it is at least 16,000 years old. Named...
There may be a cosmic speed limit on how fast anything can grow
Have we found a new limit on the universe?kkssr/Shutterstock A newly proposed cosmic speed limit may constrain how fast anything in the universe can grow. Its existence follows from Alan Turing’s pioneering work on theoretical computer science, which opens the...
How Superman Helped Launch the Hubble Space Telescope
As a huge Superman fan, I have long wanted to own Action Comics No. 419, the issue published in 1972 with an iconic cover showing the Man of Steel hurtling into the sky, seeming to fly right off the page....
How the Brain Summons Deep Sleep to Speed Healing
November 1, 20243 min readHow the Brain Summons Deep Sleep to Speed HealingA heart attack unleashes immune cells that stimulate neurons in the brain, leading to restorative slumberBy Mariana Lenharo & Nature magazineAmple sleep after a heart attack dampens inflammation...
Striking image shows well-preserved wreck of Shackleton’s doomed ship
James Blake/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Slowly cracking through the dense pack ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea is hefty, ice-breaking research vessel S. A. Agulhas II (pictured below). It was part of Endurance22, a successful 2022 expedition to locate the sunken...
How to Kill an Asteroid review: Hollywood fantasy vs the real science of saving Earth
A meteor burns up as it nears Earth, unlike asteroids that can hit the surface and wreak havocJames Blake/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust How to Kill an AsteroidRobin George Andrews (W.W.Norton) FOR a generation of scientists – and science fiction fans – Hollywood...
The best new sci-fi this month from the latest Haruki Murakami and more Harlan Ellison
Haruki Murakami has a long-awaited new novel out in English translation this monthRICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images I’ve been looking forward to the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, since it was...
Cloud-inspired material can bend light around corners
A new material can bend lightUniversity of Glasgow Scientists have discovered a technique whereby light can be bent around corners, inspired by the way clouds scatter sunlight. This type of light-bending could lead to advances in medical imaging, electronics cooling...
H5N1 Detected in Pig Highlights the Risk of Bird Flu Mixing with Seasonal Flu
As the H5N1 avian influenza virus continues its rampage through U.S. dairy cow herds, it has also infected human farm workers. A different strain has also infected workers on poultry farms, most recently in Washington State. On Wednesday the U.S....
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