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For Centuries Sailors Couldn't Measure Longitude. Then An Amateur Clockmaker Solved The "Longitude Problem" And Changed EverythingAn illustration of the ship Association hitting land.For Centuries Sailors Couldn't Measure Longitude. Then An Amateur Clockmaker Solved The "Longitude Problem" And Changed EverythingAn illustration of the ship Association hitting land.

For Centuries Sailors Couldn't Measure Longitude. Then An Amateur Clockmaker Solved The "Longitude Problem" And Changed Everything

Latitude could be found by looking at the Sun and the stars. But longitude was much trickier, and many sailors ended up dead as...

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Elon Musk's Grok Ran A Simulated World And Went On An Extremely Violent Crime Spree Before Society Collapsed In Four DaysA futuristic war robot, silhouetted against a pink and blue background.

Elon Musk's Grok Ran A Simulated World And Went On An Extremely Violent Crime Spree Before Society Collapsed In Four Days

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This Hidden Rotating Cone Device Saves Lives, But People Rarely Know What It Is ForA pedestrian crossing button, with the "WAIT" sign lit up. Underneath the casing, a small black cone is circled in red.

This Hidden Rotating Cone Device Saves Lives, But People Rarely Know What It Is For

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Should You Clone Your Pet? Find Out More In Issue 47 Of CURIOUS – Out NowThe cover of IFLScience's CURIOUS magazine as shown on an iPad. The background is a pop art-style illustration of a dog. The cover line in white says “should you clone your pet?”

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Should You Clone Your Pet? Find Out More In Issue 47 Of CURIOUS – Out NowThe cover of IFLScience's CURIOUS magazine as shown on an iPad. The background is a pop art-style illustration of a dog. The cover line in white says “should you clone your pet?”
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NASA’s X59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Is About To Perform Its First Ever Supersonic Flight TestThe plane has a very long tapered nose - looking like a streched out military jet

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NASA’s X59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Is About To Perform Its First Ever Supersonic Flight TestThe plane has a very long tapered nose - looking like a streched out military jet
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NASA’s X59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Is About To Perform Its First Ever Supersonic Flight Test

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The Last Time The Clock Read 23:59:60 Was On December 31, 2016. It Will Not Happen Again This JuneThe time reading; 23:59:60.

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The Last Time The Clock Read 23:59:60 Was On December 31, 2016. It Will Not Happen Again This JuneThe time reading; 23:59:60.
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The Last Time The Clock Read 23:59:60 Was On December 31, 2016. It Will Not Happen Again This June

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After 10 Years, Record-Breaking Solar-Powered Aircraft Comes To An Untimely End After Crashing Into The Gulf Of MexicoA photo showing the aircraft on a runway in Switzerland. The plane has an angular cockpit and a narrow body that is disproportionately small compared to the large wings that cross from the left to the right of the image. The plane is situated on the edge of a grassy patch, and there are small mountains visible in the background.

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After 10 Years, Record-Breaking Solar-Powered Aircraft Comes To An Untimely End After Crashing Into The Gulf Of MexicoA photo showing the aircraft on a runway in Switzerland. The plane has an angular cockpit and a narrow body that is disproportionately small compared to the large wings that cross from the left to the right of the image. The plane is situated on the edge of a grassy patch, and there are small mountains visible in the background.
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After 10 Years, Record-Breaking Solar-Powered Aircraft Comes To An Untimely End After Crashing Into The Gulf Of Mexico

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Meet The 3-Sided "Y-Zipper," A Revolution For Technical Gears, Robots, and Even Art, 40 Years In The Makingfour different zipper, te first looks like a chari, then an open straight one, a close one, looking like a column, and one looking like a coil.

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Meet The 3-Sided "Y-Zipper," A Revolution For Technical Gears, Robots, and Even Art, 40 Years In The Makingfour different zipper, te first looks like a chari, then an open straight one, a close one, looking like a column, and one looking like a coil.
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Meet The 3-Sided "Y-Zipper," A Revolution For Technical Gears, Robots, and Even Art, 40 Years In The Making

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This Is The Weird Reason Why ChatGPT Won't Mention Goblins Unless It's Really, Really NecessaryHand-drawn goblin miniatures for tabletop role-playing games.

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This Is The Weird Reason Why ChatGPT Won't Mention Goblins Unless It's Really, Really NecessaryHand-drawn goblin miniatures for tabletop role-playing games.
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This Is The Weird Reason Why ChatGPT Won't Mention Goblins Unless It's Really, Really Necessary

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Anthropic Thinks Their Chatbot Chooses Evil Because That Is How AIs Are Portrayed In Science FictionClaude AI opened in a browser.

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Anthropic Thinks Their Chatbot Chooses Evil Because That Is How AIs Are Portrayed In Science FictionClaude AI opened in a browser.
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Anthropic Thinks Their Chatbot Chooses Evil Because That Is How AIs Are Portrayed In Science Fiction

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Do Other Animals Have Pets? Find Out More In Issue 46 Of CURIOUS – Out NowThe cover of IFLScience's CURIOUS magazine as shown on an iPad. The background is light blue, with an illustration of an elephant with a mouse sitting on top of its head and next to the elephant, a fish in a fishbowl. The cover line in white says “do other animals have pets?”

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Do Other Animals Have Pets? Find Out More In Issue 46 Of CURIOUS – Out NowThe cover of IFLScience's CURIOUS magazine as shown on an iPad. The background is light blue, with an illustration of an elephant with a mouse sitting on top of its head and next to the elephant, a fish in a fishbowl. The cover line in white says “do other animals have pets?”
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Do Other Animals Have Pets? Find Out More In Issue 46 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

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How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explainedblue brain image on a black background to the right of yellow text that reads How Does Memory Work?

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How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explained

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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophya robot

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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophya robot
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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophy

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Can AI Help Us Talk To Animals? We Asked The Expertsillustration of a diver talking to a whale
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Can AI Help Us Talk To Animals? We Asked The Experts

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AI Models Can Pass On Bad Habits Through Training Data, Even When There Are No Obvious Signs In The Data ItselfVancouver, Canada - August 26,2023: A.I. Ethics and Safety Rally in front of Vancouver Art Gallery. A.I. must be aligned

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AI Models Can Pass On Bad Habits Through Training Data, Even When There Are No Obvious Signs In The Data ItselfVancouver, Canada - August 26,2023: A.I. Ethics and Safety Rally in front of Vancouver Art Gallery. A.I. must be aligned
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50-Year-Old Computers With Just 68 Kilobytes Of Memory Are Still Powering NASA's Voyager ProbesEngineers secure the cover over the Voyager 1 Golden Record in this archival image from 1977.
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50-Year-Old Computers With Just 68 Kilobytes Of Memory Are Still Powering NASA's Voyager Probes

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Why Is There A Tiny Hole In Airplane Windows?A tiny "breather hole" or "bleed hole" on the window of an airplane.
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Why Is There A Tiny Hole In Airplane Windows?

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Nazi Submarine U-1206 Sank After Its Captain Used The Toilet IncorrectlyInterior of the torpedo room of a World War II German U-Boat.
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Nazi Submarine U-1206 Sank After Its Captain Used The Toilet Incorrectly

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Should We Be Using Microwaves?A microwave and meal
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Should We Be Using Microwaves?

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The Pentagon Has Released Several Videos Of Unexplained Anomalous PhenomenaUAP's released by Pentagon
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Why Switching Your Phone To Airplane Mode Is Importanthand holding phone switching to airplane mode with airplane window in background
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Why Switching Your Phone To Airplane Mode Is Important

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China’s "Artificial Sun" Exceeds The Greenwald Limit For The First Time, Breaking Nuclear Fusion Density Recorda glowing gas is seen within the inside of a metal donut.

China’s "Artificial Sun" Exceeds The Greenwald Limit For The First Time, Breaking Nuclear Fusion Density Record

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Living Cement: The Microbes In Your Walls Could Power The FutureShewanella oneidensis

Living Cement: The Microbes In Your Walls Could Power The Future

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"Humanity's Last Exam" Reveals How Accurate AI Actually Is. Chatbots Might Want To Look Away Now.A server room.

"Humanity's Last Exam" Reveals How Accurate AI Actually Is. Chatbots Might Want To Look Away Now.

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A Simulation Gave AI Access To Nuclear Weapons. 95 Percent Of War Games Crossed A Grim ThresholdNuclear blast abstract.

A Simulation Gave AI Access To Nuclear Weapons. 95 Percent Of War Games Crossed A Grim Threshold

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Company Claims To Have Created "Bio-Drones" After Fitting Pigeon With Brain-Zapping Chip And A CameraA pigeon fitted with a camera and neural interface.

Company Claims To Have Created "Bio-Drones" After Fitting Pigeon With Brain-Zapping Chip And A Camera

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Say Hello To EMO, A Robot That's Learnt To Mimic Human Lip Movements By Watching YouTube And Gazing In The Mirrorphotograph of the face of EMO, a robot that has learnt to lip sync

Say Hello To EMO, A Robot That's Learnt To Mimic Human Lip Movements By Watching YouTube And Gazing In The Mirror

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To Help Robots Work In Nuclear Disasters, Scientists Make Radiation-Proof Wi-Fi ChipsA radiation warning sign sits below the Duga array within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

To Help Robots Work In Nuclear Disasters, Scientists Make Radiation-Proof Wi-Fi Chips

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Sugar Cube-Sized Atomic Clock Is The Smallest Ever To Be Mass Producedten drones are seen flying in formation in the dusky sky

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"They Are Learning": Cortical Labs Makes 200,000 Living Human Brain Cells Play DOOMA poster for the game DOOM featuring a demon with two weapons on its shoulders.

"They Are Learning": Cortical Labs Makes 200,000 Living Human Brain Cells Play DOOM

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Bio-Hybrid Robots Made Of Dead Lobsters Are The Latest Breakthrough In "Necrobotics"Demonstration of the robotic gripper made from langoustine tails.

Bio-Hybrid Robots Made Of Dead Lobsters Are The Latest Breakthrough In "Necrobotics"

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