Virtual reality (VR) headsets are increasingly popular among adults and children. They are part of extended reality environments, …
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Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset — which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that …
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Using Photos to Create 3D Models Is Helping Us Understand — and Protect — Complex Marine Environments
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIt is not easy to measure the impact of different events, such as marine heatwaves, on the abundance …
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DNA From Stone Age Chewing Gum Sheds Light on Diet and Disease in Scandinavia’s Ancient Hunter-Gatherers
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesSome 9,700 years ago, on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast …
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Australia Plans to Regulate ‘High-Risk’ AI. Here’s How to Do That Successfully
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesFederal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic announced the Australian government’s response to the Safe and Responsible …
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Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on the surface of our satellite …
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NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA …
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Already in Our Hospitals. 5 Questions People Want Answered
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAI is already being used in health care. It can look for patterns in medical images to help …
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Even Experts Struggle to Tell Which Social Media Posts Are Evidence-Based
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe debate on how to combat social media misinformation is as relevant as ever. In recent years, we’ve …
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Can You Spot the AI Impostors? AI-Generated Faces Can Look More Real Than Actual Humans
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesDoes ChatGPT ever give you the eerie sense you’re interacting with another human being? What about AI-generated faces? …