NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. Astronauts were last on…
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In the grand scheme of things, 45 years is not a long time. Back in 1980, it would take me…
American microchip giant Intel is looking for a new CEO following Pat Gelsinger’s shock resignation. This represents more than just a corporate…
Here’s one definition of science: it’s essentially an iterative process of building models with ever-greater explanatory power. A model is…
On 25 December 2024, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) three years ago, the…
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just achieved human-level results on a test designed to measure “general intelligence”. On December 20,…
A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant…
Modern computers are a triumph of technology. A single computer chip contains billions of nanometre-scaled transistors that operate extremely reliably…
Optimistic advocates for AI say this environmentally costly technology will become more sustainable with time. We can use AI more efficiently, and explore less…
A physicist, a chemist and a mathematician walk into a bar. It sounds like the start of a bad joke,…