- December 6, 2024
Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty After years of
How close is AI to human-level intelligence?
OpenAI’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) system dropped in September with a bold promise. The company behind the chatbot ChatGPT showcased o1 — its latest suite
Long orbit
By the time you receive this I will be dead. Hopefully not dead dead, but close enough. And for a long time. Most of the
Let the data talk: embrace exploratory research
Attending a psychology conference this month, I was struck by an unsettling trend in social-science research. The abstract book revealed that nearly all of the
How I’m creating career opportunities for researchers back home in Mexico
David Posner (at lectern) introduces his plan to bring students from Mexico’s Vasco de Quiroga University to Cambridge, UK, for a research stay.Credit: Pedro Andres
AI could pose pandemic-scale biosecurity risks. Here’s how to make it safer
Artificial-intelligence models are able to translate an experimental method into code that runs a liquid-handling robot.Credit: Getty Since July, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory
First rocks returned from Moon’s far side reveal ancient volcanic activity
Researchers have had their first-ever look at samples brought back from the Moon’s far side — and they detail a history of volcanic activity that
Fragments of eternal youth
Jingex was feeling their age. Over the past 10 or 15 yahn cycles, they’d grown and grown and grown, until they were no longer spry
Why did Earth’s first radio message to alien civilizations leave out half of humanity?
As the electronic signals from our planet expand ever outwards into space, the world is marking 50 years since humanity broadcast its first radio message
Emissions from private jets are soaring
More private jets are taking to the skies now than there were four years ago.Credit: Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty A global analysis of private-jet use
