Artificial intelligence models that can discover drugs and write code still fail at puzzles a lay person can master in minutes. This phenomenon sits at the heart of the challenge of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Can today’s AI revolution produce models that rival or surpass human intelligence across all domains? If so, what underlying enablers—whether…
A new study led by University of Houston researchers, in collaboration with planetary scientists worldwide, suggests Uranus does have its own internal heat — an advance that not only informs NASA’s future missions but also deepens scientists’ understanding of planetary systems, including processes that influence Earth’s climate and atmospheric evolution. The discovery resolves a long-standing…
Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and the closest red supergiant to Earth. It has an enormous volume, spanning a radius around 700 times that of the Sun. Despite only being ten million years old, which is considered young by astronomy standards, it’s late in its life. Located in the…
Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it’s thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet’s surface, a critical precondition for habitability. The only hope of finding liquid water appears to be in the form of brines, which are liquids with high concentrations of salts that can freeze at…
A University of Colorado Denver engineer is on the cusp of giving scientists a new tool that can help them turn sci-fi into reality. Imagine a safe gamma ray laser that could eradicate cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue. Or a tool that could help determine if Stephen Hawking’s multiverse theory is real by revealing…
One of the key messages broadcasted by security professionals is: “Patch, patch and patch again!”. But they are nasty vulnerabilities that remain exploited by attackers even if they are pretty old. CVE-2017-11882 is one of them: this remote code execution affects Microsoft Office and, more precisely, the good old “Equation Editor”. This tool was even killed…
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio represents the evolution towards unifying the entire data, analytics, and artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) lifecycle within a single, governed environment. As organizations adopt SageMaker Unified Studio to unify their data, analytics, and AI workflows, they encounter new challenges around scaling, automation, isolation, multi-tenancy, and continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)….
Getty Images As temperatures rise across much of the UK, it’s not just humans who feel the heat. What can you do to make sure your pets are cool and comfortable? When is it too hot to walk your dog? The RSPCA says that exercise is the most frequent trigger of heatstroke for dogs and…
Calum Watson BBC Scotland News Getty Images Scientists in Edinburgh discovered that feline dementia could share many factors with Alzheimer’s in humans Cats develop dementia in a similar way to humans with Alzheimer’s disease, leading to hopes of a breakthrough in research, according to scientists. Experts at the University of Edinburgh carried out a post-mortem…
Suranjana Tewari Asia Business Correspondent in Eneabba Bloomberg via Getty Images Rare earths are essential in the production of alloys for magnets Drive three hours north of Perth, and you’ll arrive in Eneabba – barren and desolate, just the odd hill in the distance. This is Western Australia mining territory. Buried in this vast terrain…
