Large-scale disinfo campaigns could use this in machines that adapt 'to individual targets.' Are we having fun yet? Fresh research is indicating that in online debates, LLMs are much more effective than humans at using personal information about the…
Lees meerAs long as you're quiet about it Feature This week, a bipartisan bill was introduced that would allow supersonic flight over the continental US for the first time in 52 years, as long as they're quiet.…
Lees meerAs long as you're quiet about it Feature This week, a bipartisan bill was introduced that would allow supersonic flight over the continental US for the first time in 52 years, as long as they're quiet.…
Lees meerFailure could've triggered a small explosion NASA has revived a set of thrusters on the nearly 50-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft after declaring them inoperable over two decades ago. …
Lees meerAiming for the stars, but sometimes hitting the Caribbean SpaceX supremo Elon Musk says the next Starship will launch next week, however, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hasn't yet given it the green light.…
Lees meerTouchdown with no topple? Company aims for third time lucky Intuitive Machines has blamed poor lighting, a problematic altimeter, and difficulties spotting craters for the company's second lunar lander tipping over.…
Lees meerTrump greenlights slot for Riyadh as NASA's pricey booster teeters on the brink NASA will launch a Saudi satellite aboard what could be its penultimate SLS rocket on the Artemis II mission following a deal announced in Riyadh by US President Donald …
Lees meerCourt orders halt to layoffs – as folks steering American innovation wonder how long injunction will last Employees at Uncle Sam's National Science Foundation (NSF) are relieved that the Trump administration's plan to downsize the federal government…
Lees meerResearch flags rise in one-dimensional health research fueled by large language models A report from a British university warns that scientific knowledge itself is under threat from a flood of low-quality AI-generated research papers.…
Lees meerThe Soviet Union aimed for Venus, but hit the Indian Ocean instead The odyssey of the Soviet Union's failed attempt to reach Venus came to an end over the weekend with the probe either disintegrating during reentry or what remained of it splashing h…
Lees meerChinese and Australian boffins ask what else could be slowing down seismic waves as they pass through the Red Planet? Mars may still be home to oceanic quantities of liquid water, according to a recent paper published by the National Science Review.…
Lees meerChinese and Australian boffins ask what else could be slowing down seismic waves as they pass through the Red Planet? Mars may still be home to oceanic quantities of liquid water, according to a recent paper published by the National Science Review.…
Lees meerOne problem down, x - 1 problems go There are plenty of reasons why fusion energy has yet to become reality, but according to a group of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and their collaborators, we may be one modeling breakthrough …
Lees meerSo alchemists had the right idea – they just lacked a 27 km particle accelerator The dream of every medieval alchemist – turning lead into gold – has finally come true thanks to some impractical physics at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.…
Lees meerOne concrete suggestion: Looser visa requirements The EU and nation states have already heralded schemes to attract top scientific talent seeking to escape the Republic of Trump. So where's Britain in the mix?…
Lees meerMIT research team proves pop science eggsplanation wrong It might sound like common sense – and it's echoed by science communicators and even ChatGPT – but it's wrong. New research shows eggs are less likely to crack when they land on their side tha…
Lees meerDEI another day: Trump priorities bite as $1B in grants vanish, layoffs loom The US government's National Science Foundation (NSF) is reportedly axing more than three dozen divisions, including its equity-in-STEM unit, while prepping staff layoffs a…
Lees meerDEI another day: Trump priorities bite as $1B in grants vanish, layoffs loom The US government's National Science Foundation (NSF) is reportedly axing more than three dozen divisions, including its equity-in-STEM unit, while prepping staff layoffs a…
Lees meerIt's not rocket science, it's budgeting NASA's people analytics group has swapped its Neo4j graph database for Memgraph due to costs.…
Lees meerNASA cancels solicitation to get a partner to launch, land, and operate the bot for free NASA has quietly scrapped a plea for third parties to take its VIPER rover to the lunar surface.…
Lees meerThis BS ends at some point, right? Microsoft believes AI can hasten development of nuclear fusion as a practical energy source, which could in turn accelerate answers to the question of how to power AI.…
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