What’s going on with Alexa+?

“Alexa+ is much more powerful than the original Alexa, which is why we're working to make it available to as many customers as possible,” an Amazon spokesperson said. “We have notified...
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OpenAI claims to have solved an 80-year-old math problem – this time for real

OpenAI claims his up-to-date model of reasoning provided an original mathematical proof refuting the famed unsolved hypotheses in geometry first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. If this sounds familiar...

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is responsible for product strategy

OpenAI co-founder and CEO Greg Brockman officially takes the helm of the company's product strategy, according to Wired. This appears to reinforce a change already in place, as Brockman is...

Why garlic repels mosquitoes and stops them from breeding

There was garlic has been considered a natural mosquito repellent for centuries. In popular culture, its potent smell is believed to repel insects that, in addition to causing sleepless nights, transmit...

A basic principle of aeronautical engineering has been disproven

There is aerodynamic drag the main "barrier" to high-speed transport planes, cars and armored trains. This is because a design with less aerodynamic drag...

Quantum jamming could lend a hand unlock the mysteries of causality

Original version With this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Over the past few decades, researchers have realized that quantum computers should eventually be able to...

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Discovering processed drugs to fight liver fibrosis

Liver fibrosis is a scarring process that can lead to cirrhosis, which causes more than 1.4 million deaths per year. Geneticist Gary Peltz of...

Combining biological toolkits for a modern approach to ALS

Ritu Raman of MIT and Ryan Flynn of Boston Children's Hospital approach human biology with very different sets of tools, but a co-scientist brings...