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Deciphering AI Intelligence: The Quest For Human-Level Metrics

New approaches are being developed to better assess AI intelligence. One promising direction is the "abstraction and reasoning corpus" (ARC), which tests AI's ability to infer and apply abstract rules in novel scenarios, offering a more robust measure of genuine intelligence.

Accelerating Mars Missions: The Promise Of Nuclear Propulsion

If successful, nuclear-powered rockets could open new possibilities for exploring and possibly colonizing Mars by reducing the travel time and exposure to space radiation, a significant hazard for astronauts on long-duration missions.

The Future Of AI And Humanity: Insights From Elon Musk And Peter Diamandis

Musk elaborated on his prediction that AI might surpass the combined output of all humans within the next five to seven years, around 2028 or 2029.

In A First, Woman’s Type 1 Diabetes Reversed By A Stem Cell Transplant

These trials are crucial for determining the viability of scaling up this personalized treatment strategy, which may face challenges due to its tailored nature but also offers a promising avenue for other conditions treated via cellular therapy.

Autoimmune Diseases Stopped In Their Tracks By Donor Cell Therapy

Using the gene editor CRISPR-Cas9, the team wiped out five genes in the donor T cells to prevent them from attacking host cells and protect them from the host's immune system.

New DeepMind AI Helps Polarized Groups Of People Find Common Ground

One of the key attributes of the AI-generated group statements, the authors noted, was that they did a good job incorporating the views of dissenting voices while respecting the majority position.

Snow On Mars Could Harbor Life According To A New NASA Simulation

"If small amounts of liquid water are available at these depths, mid-latitude ice exposures could represent the most easily accessible locations to search for extant life on Mars,"

Scientists Just Discovered Over 70,000 Bizarre New Viruses With AI

After analyzing nearly 10,500 samples, some from previous databases, others collected during the study, the AI detected 70,458 new RNA viruses from samples all over the globe.

Did The Early Cosmos Inflate? A Mirror Universe Going Backwards In Time May Be A Simpler Explanation

If the dark matter consists of stable, right-handed neutrinos, then one of three light neutrinos that we know of must be exactly massless. Remarkably, this prediction is now being tested using observations of the gravitational clustering of matter made by large-scale galaxy surveys.

This Radical New Farming Method Would Replace Photosynthesis With Solar Power

Plants aside, a similar technology-in theory-could also be used for cultivating dairy and plant-based meat, although the idea hasn't been tested yet.

Exploring The Promise Of Decentralised Cancer Clinical Trials

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted some of the vulnerabilities of the traditional clinical trial approach and accelerated change with some clinical trials, incorporating elements of decentralisation.

Three-drug Therapy ‘doubles Breast Cancer Survival Time Without Progression’

Researchers found the three-drug therapy delayed disease progression by an average of 15 months compared with 7.3 months in the placebo group.