This AI Learned Language From the Recordings of a Baby’s First 1,000 Days
AI models that learn like kids could reveal the secrets of our early years and inspire more efficient machine minds.
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Hundreds of Stone Age Rock Carvings Found Hidden in Plain Sight in a Spanish Cave
Missed by spelunkers, treasure hunters, and tourists alike. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by
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Physicists Say They’ve Sidestepped a Nearly 100-Year-Old Quantum Limit Using Hindsight
Before and after, quantum style. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don’t miss
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The Number of Teeth in Your Mouth Could Be a Major Warning Sign of Dementia
A much greater risk factor than we ever realized. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated
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A Plant-Based Coating Could Solve a Major Problem With Disposable Coffee Cups
Potentially healthier for both the environment and ourselves. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by
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Mass Sacrifices in Ancient Peru Coincided With El Niños, Yet Daily Life There Was Surprisingly Peaceful
“As a society, we both get to and have to choose how we respond to our own climate crisis.” ScienceAlert
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The use of algorithms to design structures has led to new parts optimized for ultralight aircraft, high-bandwidth antennas, and F1
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The MIT Global Seed Funds (GSF) are designed to do more than launch research projects — they build international collaborations
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Nothing really exists in isolation. Almost every part of our lives exists in a network. Consciousness arises from what neurons
Read MoreA New Era for the Dawn of Life
Creative, interdisciplinary, and bold, the study of the origins of life has entered a new age. Welcome to Quanta Magazine’s
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