After a year of shoehorning generative AI into its flagship products, Microsoft is trying to recoup the costs …
Troy Oakes
Troy Oakes
Troy was born and raised in Australia and has always wanted to know why and how things work, which led him to his love for science. He is a professional photographer and enjoys taking pictures of Australia's beautiful landscapes. He is also a professional storm chaser where he currently lives in Hervey Bay, Australia.
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Technology
DeepSeek Is Now a Global Force. But It’s Just One Player in China’s Booming AI Industry
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen small Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek released a family of extremely efficient and highly competitive AI …
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Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully …
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Science
Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Was Just Found in Australia — Exactly Where Geologists Hoped It Would Be
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWe have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region …
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Science
‘Ghosts of the Radio Universe’: Astronomers Have Discovered a Slew of Faint Circular Objects
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesRadio astronomers see what the naked eye can’t. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio …
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Science
‘Brain Vitrification’: New Research Shows How the Vesuvius Eruption Turned a Man’s Brain to Glass
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome by a …
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Technology
A Quantum Computing Startup Says It Is Already Making Millions of Light-Powered Chips
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAmerican quantum computing startup PsiQuantum announced that it has cracked a significant puzzle on the road to making …
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Science Unmasked
Woolly Mice Are Cute and Impressive — but They Won’t Bring Back Mammoths or Save Endangered Species
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesU.S. company Colossal Biosciences has announced the creation of a “woolly mouse” — a laboratory mouse with a …
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Peace and ConflictFeatured
A Chinese Own Goal? How War Games in The Tasman Sea Could Push New Zealand Closer to AUKUS
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe appearance of three Chinese naval vessels firing live rounds in the Tasman Sea has caused understandable alarm …
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Technology
Microsoft Just Claimed a Quantum Breakthrough. A Quantum Physicist Explains What It Means
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesResearchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that stores information …