Anthropic, led by CEO Dario Amodei, recently closed a $13 billion funding round that it said values the generative artificial intelligence startup at $183 billion. Anthropic will pay at least…
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Engineers design origami structures that change shape and stiffness on demand
Elastic components allow engineers to create structures that respond in new ways to outside force. Credit: Wright Seneres/Princeton University Princeton engineers are twisting, stretching and creasing structures to create a…
Brain Structure Differences in Children with ADHD Discovered
Summary: Researchers tested a new MRI correction method, called the traveling-subject (TS) approach, to resolve inconsistencies in ADHD brain imaging results. By scanning the same healthy subjects across multiple MRI…
‘Roblox’ game to impose age controls this year
‘Roblox’ has many millions of players under 13. The publisher of “Roblox” has promised to set up age verification mechanisms, after allegations the video game massively popular with children and…
Tesla proposes package for Musk that could top $1 trillion
Tesla proposed a pay package of up to about $1 trillion for CEO Elon Musk, who has shifted his focus after exiting the Trump adminnistration. Tesla unveiled on Friday a…
Similarities between human and AI learning offer intuitive design insights
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research has found similarities in how humans and artificial intelligence integrate two types of learning, offering new insights about how people learn as well as…
Astrocyte Disruption Tied to Depression After Childhood Stress
Summary: Researchers have shown that astrocytes in the lateral hypothalamus play a pivotal role in how stress shapes behavior, particularly after early-life adversity. In mice, stress led to smaller, less…
Tragedy has struck Lisbon’s funicular railway. Transport expert explains how these old-fashioned trains work
The Stoosbahn in Switzerland is the steepest funicular in the world. Credit: Stéphane Gottraux/Wikipedia, CC BY Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal,…
