Mathematicians have worked out the optimal strategy for Guess Who?
The quickest way to win the board game Guess Who? involves asking sneaky questions that involve a logical paradox, according…
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Is superintelligent AI just around the corner, or just a sci-fi dream?
Tech CEOs are promising increasingly outlandish visions of the 2030s, powered by "superintelligence", but the reality is that even the…
Temporary scalp tattoo can be used to record brain activity
EEG recordings used in neurology could be made simpler by replacing the usual electrodes, wires and gels with a tattoo…
Tiny magnet could help measure gravity on the quantum scale
A device that measures minuscule gravitational forces could help us understand how gravity works on the quantum scale
Tiny backpack for bees can track their position and temperature
A sensor around a millimetre in size has been tested to monitor a honeybee flying around some flowers. It could…
Endometriosis may be caused by bacterial infections
Bacteria that contribute to gum disease may be a cause of the gynaecological condition endometriosis, which means it could be…
Apple Vision Pro won’t solve the problems with virtual reality
Apple’s Vision Pro headset announced at WWDC 2023 blends virtual and real-world experiences together. But it still has many of…
JWST took a stunning picture of a star that’s about to go supernova
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken an astonishingly detailed image of a Wolf-Rayet star as it blows off its…
Gravitational waves finally prove Stephen Hawking’s black hole theorem
An exceptionally loud collision between two black holes has been detected by the LIGO gravitational wave observatory, enabling physicists to…
Google tool makes AI-generated writing easily detectable
Google DeepMind has been using its AI watermarking method on Gemini chatbot responses for months – and now it’s making…