Science
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AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames
In wargame simulations, AI chatbots often choose violence guirong hao/Getty Images In multiple replays of a wargame simulation, OpenAI’s most…
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Patch with octopus-like suckers helps drugs penetrate the skin
An adhesive patch to deliver drugs through the skin mimics octopus tentacles Jihyun Lee et al., ACS Nano journal 2024…
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft landed on the moon – but it’s having problems
Illustration of the SLIM spacecraft JAXA Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has touched down on the lunar surface.…
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Strange ‘magic islands’ on Saturn’s moon Titan may be porous iceberg
Infrared images of Saturn’s icy moon Titan NASA/JPL-Caltech/Stéphane Le Mouélic, Virginia Pasek The seas of Saturn’s moon Titan have weird…
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The first Vulcan rocket launch will carry a private lander to the moon
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket is being prepared to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida UPI / Alamy Stock…
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Get ready to see a total solar eclipse in 2024 – here’s how
A bride and groom and their wedding guests watching a solar eclipse in Mexico Martin Zetina/AP/Alamy On 8 April 2024,…
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China started drilling ultra-deep holes in 2023 in a hunt for oil
The Shendi Take 1 drilling site in Xinjiang, China, in May 2023 Xinhua/Shutterstock This year, the China National Petroleum Corporation…
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Moons around Uranus may suddenly develop atmospheres in the spring
Uranus’s moon Miranda NASA/JPL/USGS The moons of Uranus may have short-lived atmospheres every time the seasons change. The seasons there…
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Cannabis can relieve pain short-term, but we still don’t know how
Is cannabis an effective painkiller? SciePro/Shutterstock Cannabis has a long history as a pain-reliever – it is mentioned in 3500-year-old…
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Largest stream of stars ever found could teach us about dark matter
The black streak is the newly discovered Giant Coma Stream, which is ten times as long as the Milky Way…
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