AI learns its first words (and helps explain how humans acquire language)
How do we learn to associate specific objects with specific words? A team from New York University have developed an AI ‘baby’ to help us answer this question.
Science in the news: Sleepy penguins, record-breaking icebergs and the end of wine fraud
An AI sommelier, a remarkable sleeping habit and a giant iceberg are all covered in these stories of science in the news
We’re all in this together: Scottish wildcats are merging with domestic cats
The Scottish wildcat population has been severely weakened by genetic mixing with domestic cats. Concerted conservation efforts will be needed to restore them to their former glory
EVEscape to the rescue: The AI tool predicting new virus strains before they evolve
The new AI technology, developed by the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School, could help predict new viral outbreaks
A history lesson in the web’s largest online resource, Wikipedia
A vision for a cyberspace utopia created the world’s most extensive and read-reference information bank, and it’s still standing today