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Methods to generate the random numbers we need for secure communications are all flawed in some way, but quantum computers that exist today could produce random numbers that can't be faked

Attending sports events has a positive impact on two measures of well-being; it helps improve life satisfaction and also reduces feelings of loneliness.

Saturn's moon Titan is too cold for many types of chemical reactions, but quantum tunnelling could present a loophole that would allow reactions that are crucial for life

H5N1 cases in birds are expected to rise in the coming weeks as migratory species wing their way across the planet. Veterinary epidemiologist Victoria Hall explains why this outbreak is different -... and what it could mean for humans

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE You Can Now Run a GPT-3-Level AI Model on Your Laptop, Phone, and Raspberry Pi Benj Edwards | Ars Technica “On Friday, a software developer named Georgi Gerganov created... a tool called “llama.cpp” that can run Meta’s new GPT-3-class AI large language model, LLaMA, locally on a Mac laptop. Soon thereafter, people worked out how to […]

Dogs commonly tilt their heads, but is it a sign of intelligence, or does it mean something else entirely?

When applied to skin on the forearms, two of these fragments increased levels of key structures that are known to make skin more elastic and youthful

People tend to significantly overestimate how many other people hold the same conceptual beliefs of objects, events, people, concepts, and words as they do.