At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like your typical research facility — scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the background. But the orange-yellow stains on the lab coats slung on hooks hint at a less-usual subject matter under study. The powdery stain is pollen: microscopic … Read more
Scientists have suggested that when artificial intelligence (AI) goes rogue and starts to act in ways counter to its intended purpose, it exhibits behaviors that resemble psychopathologies in humans. That’s why they have created a new taxonomy of 32 AI dysfunctions so people in a wide variety of fields can understand the risks of building … Read more
Genre: Fantasy Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book With his best friend in a magical coma and the clock ticking, Tyler and his companions set out on one last mission to save him from death’s clutches. However, they soon find their well-laid plans have gone awry, the fate of the world balancing … Read more
Early Earth was a barren wasteland incapable of supporting life until a big protoplanet crash carried in the necessary ingredients, a new study suggests. That collision of the proto-Earth and a Mars-size body — nicknamed Theia — has been theorized for decades, especially in discussions of how our moon may have formed from the resulting … Read more
Scientists have incorporated key computing components into a single, flexible fiber that you can run through your washing machine. The researchers hope to one day weave together many of these fibers into a cohesive “fiber computing” network — in other words, items of clothing with smart capabilities. Smart textiles, also known as smart fabrics or … Read more
Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Tyler barely escaped the clutches of the evil king, but now he’s lost in Bramoria. With tensions on the rise and old friendships falling apart, can he find the Sage in time and save himself and his friends? Calling on the … Read more
Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance Reviewer: Scott Get It At Amazon About The Book He came to this human hotel to disappear. Instead, he found a barista who makes espresso taste like home—and glitches no one else can solve. Adri Linari, overlooked tech mage and younger sibling of Niralen’s charismatic Crown Prince, is more comfortable with schematics … Read more
Scientists have developed a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) model that can reason differently from most large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, resulting in much better performance in key benchmarks. The new reasoning AI, called a hierarchical reasoning model (HRM), is inspired by the hierarchical and multi-timescale processing in the human brain — the … Read more
Genre: Steampunk, Gaslamp Reviewer: KA Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N About The Book Can the Mistress of the Forge best the Mistress of the Night? Strength is forged in the moment when you dare to be vulnerable. Despite this inherent knowledge, Jacqueline Duval struggles with feelings of weakness and failure when a private celebration for her … Read more
The patient: A 52-year-old woman in The Hague, Netherlands The symptoms: The woman visited an outpatient psychiatric clinic and told the doctors that when she looked at people’s faces, she saw them transform into the faces of dragons. She also saw dragon-like faces appear in front of her spontaneously, even when no people were present. … Read more
