Challenger crew likely survived explosion before tragic plunge to Earth, book claims

Details about one of the US space program’s darkest moments are revealed in “The Burning Blue:…

Improving Language Model Behavior by Training on a Curated Dataset

Our latest research finds we can improve language model behavior with respect to specific behavioral values…

GPT-J-6B: 6B JAX-Based Transformer

Summary: We have released GPT-J-6B, 6B JAX-based (Mesh) Transformer LM (Github).GPT-J-6B performs nearly on par with…

Plasma wind tunnel annihilates satellite model in atmospheric reentry test

Satellite parts that melt away during reentry reduce the risk of space debris impacts on Earth.…

Earth’s fifth ocean just confirmed

The earth has finally attained popular recognition for its fifth ocean. A decision by the national…

Google’s DeepMind Says It Has All the Tech It Needs for General AI

Reward-seeking behavior drove evolution on Earth. Can it do the same in AI? Read more at…

A Single Telescope Has Detected Hundreds of Mysterious Radio Signals From Space

In just its first year of operations, a Canadian radio telescope has quadrupled the number of…

Line of galaxies is so big it breaks our understanding of the universe

An arc of galaxies stretching for 3.3 billion light years seems to contradict a core tenet…

Apple will let iPhone users keep iOS 14 after iOS 15 launches

The tech company will continue updating the old OS even after iOS 15 is released in…

Scientists Discover Exactly How COVID-19 Wreaks Havoc on Human Lungs

New structure shows how virus envelope protein hijacks cell-junction protein and promotes viral spread; findings could…

Photographer Sues Capcom for $12M for Using Her Photos in Video Games

A photographer is suing Capcom for copyright infringement, accusing the video game maker of using her…

5 signs of a highly intelligent person

Outside of a test, there’s no way to gauge intelligence in one data-point. But if they…

Neural Networks Emulate Any Guitar Pedal For $120

It’s a well-established fact that a guitarist’s acumen can be accurately gauged by the size of…

Space Debris Has Hit And Damaged The International Space Station

The inevitable has occurred. A piece of space debris too small to be tracked has hit…

The best dark matter map to date raises questions about the universe | Engadget

Scientists have released the most precise map of dark matter to date, but it only serves…

A rogue killer drone ‘hunted down’ a human target without being instructed to, UN report says

The KARGU-2, a deadly attack drone, autonomously attacked a human during a conflict in Libya, according…

Study Shows Transformers Possess the Compositionality Power for Mathematical Reasoning | Synced

From a philosophical perspective, reductionism is the most natural concept in the world: a whole can…

Terrible news, everyone: AI is learning how to post cringe

Specifically, AI-generated rap cringe. Read more at The Verge…

Theoretical physicist Chiara Marletto: ‘The universal constructor could revolutionise civilisation’

The scientist on why studying elementary particles is only one way of explaining phenomena, how the…

Physicists Have Broken The Speed of Light With Pulses Inside Hot Plasma

Sailing through the smooth waters of vacuum, a photon of light moves at around 300 thousand…