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21 Dec

OpenAI’s o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it’s still not AGI

December 21, 2024
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OpenAI announced a breakthrough achievement for its new o3 AI modelRokas Tenys / Alamy OpenAI’s new o3 artificial intelligence model ha...

20 Dec

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How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban

December 20, 2024
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TikTok is a video-sharing social media platformAnatolii Babii / Alamy A US law banning the popular video-sharing app TikTok is set to t...

19 Dec

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AI beats human experts at distinguishing American whiskey from Scotch

December 19, 2024
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Colour, smell, taste and chemical constituents can all be used to distinguish whiskiesJane Barlow/PA Images/Alamy Artificial intelligen...

18 Dec

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Microrobot swarms mimic ant-like feats of strength

December 18, 2024
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The sand-grain-sized robots work cooperatively, similar to antsJeong Jae Wie et al. Swarms of tiny robots guided by magnetic fields can...

17 Dec

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‘Artificial tongue’ can detect chemical makeup of alcoholic drinks

December 17, 2024
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Molecular testing can be used to assess drink qualityEvgenii Parilov/Alamy Drinks manufacturers and consumers may soon have a small, po...

16 Dec

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Plastic chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide

December 16, 2024
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Plastic food packaging can expose people to chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA)Shutterstock/Trong Nguyen Hundreds of thousands of death...

15 Dec

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Bowel cancer is rising in younger people around the world

December 15, 2024
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It isn’t entirely clear why bowel cancer is on the rise among adults under 50STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Rates of bowel ca...

14 Dec

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Global forecast for 2025 sees temperatures falling back below 1.5°C

December 14, 2024
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A severe storm brought on by La Niña in Queensland, AustraliaGenevieve Vallee / Alamy Stock Photo The average global surface temperatur...

13 Dec

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What are the mystery drones flying over the US?

December 13, 2024
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Unidentified drones have been flying over US military sitesU.S. Navy/Ensign Drew Verbis Mysterious drones have been swarming the night ...

12 Dec

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The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought

December 12, 2024
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This relatively small solar flare from October – the bright flash in the centre spotted by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory – would be...