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Why the T in ChatGPT is AI's biggest breakthrough - and greatest risk

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 15/08/2024 - 17:30
AI companies hope that feeding ever more data to their models will continue to boost performance, eventually leading to human-level intelligence. Behind this hope is the "transformer", a key breakthrough in AI, but what happens if it fails to deliver?
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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 15, 2024)

Daily Brain Teaser - Thu, 15/08/2024 - 03:00
Letter Boxing

Complete the word square by inserting the 9 letters into the grid, to create the same words reading down & across.

D E E L L L O O O

E A C H
A _ _ _
C _ _ _
H _ _ _


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Don't disrespect Alan Turing by reanimating him with AI

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 14/08/2024 - 21:00
Plans to create an interactive AI model of the legendary code breaker Alan Turing are reckless and problematic, says Matthew Sparkes
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Erratum for the Research Article “A β-Arrestin–Biased Agonist of the Parathyroid Hormone Receptor (PTH1R) Promotes Bone Formation Independent of G Protein Activation” by D. Gesty-Palmer et al. | Science Translational Medicine

Because of an error introduced when the figures were being assembled for the Research Article “A β-Arrestin–Biased Agonist of the Parathyroid Hormone Receptor (PTH1R) Promotes Bone Formation Independent of G Protein Activation” by D. Gesty-Palmer et al. more than 16 years ago, the same image was inserted in Fig. 4A for vehicle-treated samples for WT and βarrestin2 KO only rotated 90°. This error does not alter any of the data or conclusions of the paper, including those shown in Fig. 4. The histomorphometry images in Fig. 4A were included for illustrative purposes only, and hence the images for vehicle-treated samples have been deleted in the revised figure. The actual data are shown in the bar graphs in the remaining panels of the figure.
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An identity crisis for lung cancer cells | Science Translational Medicine

Omic analysis of clinical specimens undergoing histological transformation defines targetable drivers to prevent plasticity and treatment resistance.
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Targeting the transferrin receptor to transport antisense oligonucleotides across the mammalian blood-brain barrier | Science Translational Medicine

Systemic dosing with a transferrin receptor binding molecule delivering antisense oligonucleotides resulted in RNA target knockdown in the mammalian brain.
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Development and preclinical validation of 2-deoxy 2-[18F]fluorocellobiose as an Aspergillus-specific PET tracer | Science Translational Medicine

Radiolabeled [18F]fluorocellobiose is shown to be an Aspergillus-specific diagnostic PET tracer in mouse models of myositis and pneumonia.
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Mechanical ventilation guided by driving pressure optimizes local pulmonary biomechanics in an ovine model | Science Translational Medicine

Mechanical ventilation at minimal driving pressure optimizes local lung biomechanics in a ventilator-induced lung injury and endotoxemia ovine model.
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Acyl-CoA binding protein for the experimental treatment of anorexia | Science Translational Medicine

Stress- or chemotherapy-induced anorexia can be treated in mice by supplementation of the appetite-stimulatory hormone ACBP/DBI.
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Natural killer cells promote neutrophil extracellular traps and restrain macular degeneration in mice | Science Translational Medicine

Natural killer cells promote the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps and suppress pathological angiogenesis in a mouse model of nvAMD.
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Reluctant Servant

Newest Brain Teasers - Wed, 14/08/2024 - 09:00
A female name I've been assigned
To working, I am disinclined
But just give me a gentle swing
And what you desire, I will bring

What or who am I?


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Daily Brain Teaser for Aug 14, 2024

Daily Brain Teaser - Wed, 14/08/2024 - 03:00
Song Title Mind Twister

W+H+E+R+E

ROYGBIV


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We keep finding water on Mars – here are all the places it might be

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 14/08/2024 - 00:44
Researchers recently found a possible reservoir of liquid water more than 11 kilometres below Mars's surface – the latest in a long series of potential water discoveries on the Red Planet, hinting at its temperate past
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The JUICE spacecraft may be visible on a near-Earth flyby next week

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 13/08/2024 - 00:50
On 19 and 20 August, the JUICE mission will make the first ever attempt to get a gravitational boost from both Earth and the moon on its way to Jupiter
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A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 09/08/2024 - 20:12
In the centre of a distant galaxy, a supermassive black hole has swallowed up a star 9 times the sun’s mass in the biggest and brightest such cosmic meal we’ve ever seen
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Smartphone flaw allows hackers and governments to map your home

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 16:00
A newly identified smartphone vulnerability can reveal the floor plans of where you are and what you are doing - and it is possible that companies or intelligence agencies are already making use of it
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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 08, 2024)

Daily Brain Teaser - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 03:00
The Factual Murder

There are five people. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer?

1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men.
2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city.
3. Jeff is a topnotch computer consultant and wants to install Ben's new computer next week.
4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month.
5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago.
6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime.
7. Dan used to drink heavily.
8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together.
9. The murderer is Jack's brother. They grew up together in Seattle.


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Two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 00:09
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft had so many problems during its first crewed launch to the International Space Station that NASA officials aren’t sure whether it will be able to bring its crew back home as planned
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Could Mars become habitable with the help of glitter-like iron rods?

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 07/08/2024 - 22:00
If we want to terraform the Red Planet to make it better able to host microbial life, tiny rods of iron and aluminium may be the answer
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Critics of the International Space Station are missing the point

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 07/08/2024 - 21:00
As the International Space Station comes to the end of its life, we should recognise its biggest achievement – showing that a better world is possible
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