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What is an AI agent? The computer science of the next wave of AI tools

December 19, 2024 admin

Interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be fun and sometimes useful, but the next level of everyday AI goes beyond answering questions: AI agents carry out tasks for you. Major technology companies, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and Salesforce, have recently released or announced plans to develop and release AI agents. They claim these innovations will bring newfound efficiency to…

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Microplastics

December 19, 2024 admin

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Microplastics A blue rectangular piece of microplastic sits on the finger of a researcher with the University of Washington-Tacoma environmental science program, after it was found in debris collected from the Thea Foss Waterway, in Tacoma, Wash., on May 19, 2010. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 |…

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Chile’s giant ‘living fossil’ frog faces threat from climate change and humans

December 19, 2024 admin

Environmental researchers extract genetic material from a Chilean frog’s leg (Calyptocephalella gayi) in a wetland in the middle of a neighbourhood in the city of Quilpue, Chile, December 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A giant frog species that hopped alongside dinosaurs and is considered a “living fossil” is now losing ground in its native…

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Data on animal movements help Hungarian researchers create a swarm of autonomous drones

December 19, 2024 admin

This handout photo long exposure shot shows the flight of a flock of autonomous drones during an experiment near Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP Moving in a dense cloud, like throngs of people walking across a crowded public square, 100 drones maneuver through the night sky in Hungary’s capital, the…

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How scientists are exploring what extraterrestrial life could look like

December 19, 2024 admin

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe: life on earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do you look for alien life when you don’t know what alien life might look like? These questions are preoccupying astrobiologists, who are scientists who look for life beyond earth. Astrobiologists…

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ISRO begins assembly of HLVM3 for Gaganyaan’s first uncrewed flight

December 18, 2024 admin

The assembly of the HLVM3 is taking place at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota and the uncrewed flight is expected to take place early next year from the spaceport. Photo: ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday (December 18) commenced the assembly of the Human Rated Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (HLVM3) for…

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US faces risk of losing to China in second moon race

December 18, 2024 admin

Chinese astronauts for the Shenzhou-18 mission, from right, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu wave as they attend a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, April 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Will the next human to walk on the Moon speak English or…

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Polluting shipwrecks are a ticking time-bomb at the bottom of our oceans

December 18, 2024 admin

At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wrecks have been estimated to contain as much as 6 billion gallons of oil, as well as munitions, toxic heavy metals and even chemical weapons. For decades, these wrecks have largely lain out of sight and out of mind. But all…

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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System

December 18, 2024 admin

This artist’s illustration shows the wayward interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua (pronounced oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah) racing toward the outskirts of our solar system. The object, heated by the Sun (lower right), is venting gaseous material from its surface, as a comet would. | Photo Credit: Reuters In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar…

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