A new study reveals that about 3.8 million years after the solar system’s first solids formed, Jupiter was twice its current size with a magnetic field 50 times stronger, profoundly influencing the structure of the early solar system. Phys.Org approached this question by studying Jupiter’s tiny moons Amalthea and Thebe, Read more…
Google on Tuesday unveiled Veo 3, an AI video generator that includes synchronized audio — such as dialogue and animal sounds — setting it apart from rivals like OpenAI’s Sora. The company also launched Imagen 4 for high-quality image generation, Flow for cinematic video creation, and made updates to its Read more…
America’s regional state universities are experiencing steep enrollment declines, triggering economic crises in the towns that depend on them, while flagship universities continue to thrive. At Western Illinois University in Macomb, enrollment has plummeted 47% since 2010, driving the city’s population down 23% to 14,765. Empty dorms have been repurposed Read more…
There’s a lot of matter around, which ensures that any antimatter produced experiences a very short lifespan. Studying antimatter, therefore, has been extremely difficult. But that’s changed a bit in recent years, as CERN has set up a facility that produces and traps antimatter, allowing for extensive studies of its Read more…
Chatbots are more persuasive in online debates than people — especially when they are able to personalize their arguments using information about their opponent. The finding, published in Nature Human Behaviour on 19 May, highlights how large language models (LLMs) could be used to influence people’s opinions, for example in Read more…
Germany has dropped its long-held opposition to nuclear power, in the first concrete sign of rapprochement with France by Berlin’s new government led by conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Berlin has signalled to Paris it will no longer block French efforts to ensure nuclear power is treated on par with renewable Read more…
A next-generation, chatbot version of Siri has reportedly made significant progress during testing over the past six months; some executives allegedly now see it as ‘on par’ with recent versions of ChatGPT, Apple is also apparently discussing giving Siri the ability to access the internet to gather and synthesize data Read more…