Like teenage Romeos toting sticker-plastered guitar cases, male palm cockatoos show that romancing a crush with a love song isn’t just about music — it’s also about style. Wild palm…
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Here’s what to know this fall and winter
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As colder weather sets in, COVID rates are once more rising across the Northern Hemisphere, with several new variants on the scene. Here’s what you need…
Apple’s new iPhones get faster chips, better cameras and new charging ports
The iPhone 15 Pro is displayed during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Apple on Tuesday…
A linear path to efficient quantum technologies
The experimental setup consists exclusively of so-called linear components, such as mirrors, beam splitters and waveplates, which ensures scalability. Credit: La Rici Photography Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have…
Trash or treasure—rhizomes as a vital plant organ – Functional Ecologists
In our new post, Curtis Lubbe from the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, presents his latest work ‘Trash or Treasure: Rhizome conservation during drought’. Curtis discusses…
Researchers say chatbot exhibits self-awareness
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Are large language models sentient? If they are, how would we know? As a new generation of AI models have rendered the decades-old measure of a…
Digital Desperados Are ‘Jailbreaking’ AI Systems for Thrills, Profit
Denizens of the dark web are forming communities to share tips and tricks for “jailbreaking” generative AI systems, as well as offering “custom” systems of their own, according to a…
