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OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect
Jakub Pachocki has been OpenAI’s chief scientist since 2024.Credit: OpenAI OpenAI is best known for ChatGPT — the free-to-use, large…
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How political attacks could crush the mRNA vaccine revolution
The day after Donald Trump moved back into the White House in January, he celebrated a US$500-billion private-sector investment in…
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Supportive? Addictive? Abusive? How AI companions affect our mental health
“My heart is broken,” said Mike, when he lost his friend Anne. “I feel like I’m losing the love of…
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how an Indigenous computer scientist is using AI to preserve threatened languages
Colleagues routinely describe Michael Running Wolf as someone who walks seamlessly between two worlds. As an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher…
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The end of AIDS is in sight: don’t abandon PEPFAR now
A US-funded group offering AIDS support in Kampala now faces uncertainty.Credit: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty On the first day of his second…
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Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns
Sethuraman Panchanathan resigned Thursday as director of the US National Science Foundation.Credit: Graeme Sloan/Sipa US/Alamy Fresh turmoil has hit the…
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How Democrats and Republicans cite science: study reveals stark differences
How US lawmakers cite scientific papers differs either side of the aisle.Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty The United States is…
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How India rewrote the rules of space travel when it launched its first satellite
The satellite, Aryabhata, provided a huge boost to India’s space programme.Credit: NASA/Alamy In the early hours of 19 April 1975,…
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Brand-new colour created by tricking human eyes with laser
Researchers used lasers to stimulate individual cone cells in the retina — leading to the perception of a completely new…
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palaeontologist, author and TV presenter who traced continents through fossils
The UK palaeontologist Richard Fortey — who spent his career at the Natural History Museum in London — was an…
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