Science News
Industry's Influence on AI Is Shaping the Technology's Future--for Better and for Worse
Singularity Hub - 5 Mar 2023 17:00
The enormous potential of AI to reshape the future has seen massive investment from industry in recent years. But the growing influence of private companies in the basic research that is powering this emerging technology...
Quantum computers that use 'cat qubits' may make fewer errors
New Scientist - 5 Mar 2023 09:00
Quantum bits inspired by Schrödinger's cat could allow quantum computers to make fewer mistakes and more efficiently crack algorithms used for encryption
Creature review: Human nature is key to a sci-fi ballet
New Scientist - 5 Mar 2023 17:00
The ballet Creature, adapted for film, worries about how we treat other primates, but its subtleties are overwhelmed by simple moralising and a metaphor that doesn't work. The dancing is superb, though
Watch the full 'Worm Moon' wriggle into the sky on March 7
Live Science - 5 Mar 2023 13:00
The March full moon is known as the Worm Moon. It will be at its fullest at 7:40 a.m. EST on March 7, 2023.
Heating water with computer servers could save UK homes £150 a year
New Scientist - 5 Mar 2023 12:00
Data centres often waste the heat generated by servers, but UK firm Heata intends to bring servers into people's homes where the waste energy can be used to heat up people's hot water for showers
How big can animals get?
Live Science - 5 Mar 2023 12:00
Animals, especially those on land, can't grow indefinitely. The reason has to do with the square-cube law.