All posts by Brewster
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How logic alone may prove that time doesn’t exist
Article by Matyáš Moravec, University of St Andrews Modern physics suggests time may be an illusion. Einstein’s theory of relativity, for example, suggests the universe...
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Top 5 Best Lightning Cables Recommended By Tech Experts
Whether we like it or not, our smartphones have become a huge part of our daily lives, intertwined with work and an integral tool in...
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Would you wear this ‘shoe-like vessel’ made from genetically engineered bacteria?
Transitioning towards sustainable clothing practices is a must for combating climate change, so researchers are turning to bacteria for their fashion inspiration. As detailed in...
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A 3,200-megapixel digital camera is ready for its cosmic photoshoot
The world’s largest digital camera is officially ready to begin filming “the greatest movie of all time,” according to its makers. This morning, engineers and...
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Ghostbots: AI Versions Of Deceased Loved Ones Pose Dire Threat To Mental Health
Article written by Nigel Mulligan, Assistant Professor in Psychotherapy, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University We all experience loss and grief....
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AI-generated nonsense is leaking into scientific journals
In February, an absurd, AI-generated rat penis somehow snuck its way into a since retracted Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology article. Now that odd...
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Dish soap, hotel key cards, and confusion: Boeing FAA audit unearths dozens of issues
Over the past two months, passengers traveling aboard Boeing aircrafts have endured a sudden, injury-inducing nose-dive, a mid-air wheel detachment, and an emergency door plug...
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Big Bucks: The World’s Top Tech Tycoons and Who’s Next?
The late nineties and early aughts brought us the dot-com boom, which has changed the world as we knew it. Today we cannot imagine our...
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What Boeing’s door-plug debacle says about the future of aviation safety
This article was originally featured on MIT Press. On January 6, as Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737 MAX 9, was climbing out of...
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OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter
Just a few years ago, attempts at autonomous, human-shaped bipedal robots were laughable and far-fetched. Two-legged robots competing in high-profile Pentagon challenges famously stumbled and...
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AI can now generate entire songs on demand. What this means for music as we know it
Written by Oliver Bown, UNSW Sydney In March, we saw the launch of a “ChatGPT for music” called Suno, which uses generative AI to produce realistic songs on demand...
