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It started with a plate of ginger chicken.In the late 1970s, physicist Richard Feynman — best known for his earlier work on the Manhattan Project — sat down for lunch…
OpenAI, the maker of the hit chatbot ChatGPT, made official its prep for a blockbuster public listing – where it will test investor appetite for its cash-burning business. The Sam…
Apple finally let Siri have its main-character moment. After months of rumors and years of playing catch-up in the AI race, the tech titan used its Worldwide Developers Conference today…
The Arctic Ocean has crossed a tipping point that is wreaking havoc on the region’s food chain, with potentially dire consequences for commercial fishing and the ocean’s capacity to soak…
A deadly Ebola disease epidemic is rapidly unfolding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. In May, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the epidemic a public…
Indigenous Andeans in Peru may be able to digest potatoes and other starches more easily than anyone in the world, a new study finds.Scientists discovered that Indigenous Andeans have more…
A 24-year-old AI wunderkind dubbed the “Nostradamus of AI” has become Wall Street’s newest obsession after growing his hedge fund into a more than $20 billion powerhouse in less than…
The board that accredits medical schools is poised to take away requirements that doctors learn about factors, such as income, neighborhood, and culture, that can affect medical treatment approaches. These…
Scientists have cooked up a new kind of building material from an ingredient more often found in bread, beer and pizza dough: baker’s yeast.The squishy, yeast-based paste can be squeezed…
QUICK FACTSName: Roman bath clogWhat it is: A wooden platform shoe with a leather top strapWhere it is from: Vindolanda Fort, Northumberland, U.K.When it was made: A.D. 140 to 180Archaeologists…