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Singularity Hub - 5 Mar 2022 17:00
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Graphcore Unveils Next-Generation AI Chips and Plans for Powerful Supercomputer Kyle Wiggers | VentureBeat “Called the Good Supercomputer in honor of Jack Good, the first person to describe a ma...
More evidence that covid-19 started in a market, not a laboratory
The Economist - 5 Mar 2022 02:00
Two new papers make the case robustly
What future is there for Russia's foreign science collaborations?
The Economist - 5 Mar 2022 02:00
Mixed, at best. Non-existent at worst
Tiny-headed stegosaur with long tail spikes is one of the oldest of its kind
Live Science - 5 Mar 2022 14:00
A newly described Jurassic stegosaur species from China is one of the oldest of its kind.
The latest UN climate report is gloomy, with some sunny patches
The Economist - 5 Mar 2022 02:00
It says that adaptation is as important as prevention
How to power Pacific islands
The Economist - 5 Mar 2022 02:00
Turn the atolls themselves into power stations
Autism Correlated With Changing Sensory Preferences During Early Childhood
Neuroscience News - 5 Mar 2022 01:55
Sensory patterns of children on the autism spectrum, and those who had ASD traits but were not diagnosed, grew stronger over time.
New discovery may help reduce side effects of multiple sclerosis drugs
Science Daily - 5 Mar 2022 01:29
Investigators have discovered how a drug for multiple sclerosis interacts with its targets, a finding that may pave the way for better treatments.
Possible common thread between many neurodegenerative diseases
Science Daily - 5 Mar 2022 01:29
Researchers reveal a new fibril in diseased brains, one formed by a protein normally busy cleaning cells.
Event horizons are tunable factories of quantum entanglement
Phys.org - 5 Mar 2022 00:50
Louisiana State University physicists have leveraged quantum information theory techniques to reveal a mechanism for amplifying, or "stimulating," the production of entanglement in the Hawking effect in a controlled mann...
More Alcohol, Less Brain: Association Begins With an Average of Just One Drink a Day
Neuroscience News - 5 Mar 2022 00:14
Light-to-moderate regular alcohol consumption is linked to reductions in overall brain volume, a new study reports.