Research
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Finance
The Fight for the Soul of A.I.
One of the nice things about OpenAI is that it was built on distrust. It began as a nonprofit research…
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News
Mucus-Covered Jellyfish Hint at Dangers of Deep-Sea Mining
Shipboard experiments suggested that sediment from the exploitation of metals in the ocean could be harmful to marine life.
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Food
CUNY Halts Investigation of Alzheimer’s Researcher
Citing questions about the integrity of the process, the university said that “no final action” had been taken.
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News
Google Search Boss Says Company Invests to Avoid Becoming ‘Roadkill’
At the start of its antitrust defense, Google attributed its success to relentless investment, countering government claims that it broke…
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World
Think Your City Mouse Has an Attitude? These Scientists Want to Find Out.
A research study is examining how mice that live in cities, close to humans, may have evolved differently from their…
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Finance
An Industry Insider Drives an Open Alternative to Big Tech’s A.I.
The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is trying…
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News
Roland Griffiths, Who Led a Renaissance in Psychedelics, Dies at 77
The drugs had been the third rail of scientific inquiry. But in a landmark study, he saw them as a…
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Food
Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid
In some patients, remnants of the coronavirus in the gut may stifle production of serotonin, an important neurotransmitter, researchers suggest.
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News
Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic…
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Arts
Facing Scrutiny, a Museum That Holds 12,000 Human Remains Changes Course
The American Museum of Natural History said it would address its collecting of remains, which stretched into the 1940s and…