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Physicists have spent decades arguing over whether our universe is a fundamental reality or a kind of cosmic software, and ...

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has focused on subtle whispers in the cosmic noise, the faint, ...

Caltech is a place unlike any other, an Institute that is truly “small but mighty.” Its small size and the expertise of its ...

Video language models are the next AI frontier, blending vision and language to power smarter robots and real world ...

Hidden along the banks of the Connecticut River lies a town that moves to the rhythm of a bygone era, where the hands of time seem to slow just enough to let you catch your breath. Chester, ...

The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the ...

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