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AIs that work in multiple languages responded more accurately to questions when they were asked to translate them into English first

Information processing with light is a topic of ever-increasing interest among optics and photonics researchers. Apart from the quest for an energy-efficient and fast alternative to electronic computing for future comput...

An artificial intelligence can guess what a song sounds like based on patterns of brain activity recorded while people were listening to it

When we detect gravitational waves, it's because they are warping space and time by a tiny amount - but this episode of Dead Planets Society is about making one that is far more powerful

Researchers have developed a new algorithm for recovering the 3D refractive index distribution of biological samples that exhibit multiple types of light scattering. The algorithm helps optimize a new imaging approach ca...

A potentially game-changing theoretical approach to quantum computing hardware avoids much of the problematic complexity found in current quantum computers. The strategy implements an algorithm in natural quantum interac...

Anything made out of plastic or glass is known as an amorphous material. Unlike many materials that freeze into crystalline solids, the atoms and molecules in amorphous materials never stack together to form crystals whe...

In a new study, researchers have taken an important step toward understanding how exploding stars can help reveal how neutrinos, mysterious subatomic particles, secretly interact with themselves.

Europe underwent "extreme cooling" about 1.1 million years ago, which coincides with a gap in hominin habitation, a new study finds.

Artifacts from the Battle of the Bulge are helping researchers reconstruct this bloody conflict.

Low levels of oxygen on planets where alien life could potentially evolve may make developing technology impossible there because there would be no combustion

Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.

The medieval remains of a 15-year-old girl reveal that she was buried face down and with bound ankles at the edge of a settlement.

Increased cooperation between Norwegian industry and universities on quantum physics sensors is a win-win situation for society. Such sensors can provide new opportunities in areas as diverse as mineral extraction and ag...

In the absence of tourists during lockdown, elephants at a wildlife park in South Africa showed much lower rates of behaviours thought to be a sign of anxiety

Astronomers are championing a relatively new technique as a method to understand the structure of the early universe in three dimensions.

An analysis of three letters written by Vlad the Impaler conclude that he may have suffered from a condition that caused him to cry tears of blood.

The sighting of a Cuvier's beaked whale off the Spanish coast circling her dead calf, touching his head and lifting his body adds to growing evidence that cetaceans experience something similar to human grief

The Soundcore Liberty 3 Pro Earbuds are $85 off at Amazon. They're wireless noise-canceling and offer seriously high-quality sound.

Reduced by 56%, you can currently get the premium-grade Garmin Enduro smartwatch for under $500 at Amazon.

A robotic gripper can pick up items ranging from a drop of water to something thousands of times heavier than the gripper itself