Science
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Audio AIs are trained on data full of bias and offensive language
Audio training data has been overlooked when it comes to assessing AI Israel Palacio/Unsplash Artificial intelligence models that generate audio…
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How a single gopher restored a landscape devastated by a volcano
The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) brings unexpected ecosystem benefits All Canada Photos/Alamy Two years after Mount St Helens erupted…
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Food security: Is the climate change food crisis even worse than we imagined?
Роман Заворотный/Adobe Stock You have probably already noticed that the price of many of the foods in your grocery basket…
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Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time for the planet
Uranus is more normal than we had thought NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute Uranus’s strange magnetic field may be much less…
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Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shark attacks
A great white shark attacks a dummy seal during an experiment where lights were used to deter shark attacks Nathan…
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Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700
Bubbles trapped in Antarctic ice were used to estimate past temperatures aldiami/Andreas Alexander/Alamy Humans have already caused approximately 1.5°C of…
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How can I help a friend who is relentlessly negative about life?
“Offering emotional support should, of course, be central to any good relationship” Skynesher/Getty Images After one of my recent book…
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In satire Rumours, diplomatic communiques collide with the end times
A stellar cast play leaders of G7 countries facing an existential crisis in Rumours, a smart film about communication, diplomatic…
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Any delay in reaching net zero will influence climate for centuries
Ice collapsing into the water at Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina R.M. Nunes/Alamy Even a few…
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Quantum Rubik's cube has infinite patterns but is still solvable
Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible…
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