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AI Still Falls Short in Understanding Human Social Interactions

Humans significantly outperform AI models in interpreting dynamic social interactions, a skill critical for technologies like autonomous vehicles and assistive robots.

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Author: Neuroscience News

Humans are still better than AI at reading the room

Hopkins research shows AI models fall short in predicting social interactions, a skill critical for systems to navigate the real world

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Author: The Hub

Could astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope again?

NASA hasn’t closed the door on the possibility — and the man in line to be the agency’s next chief is a champion of the idea.

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Author: Mike Wall

Look up! A rare ‘celestial smiley face’ will appear in Canada’s skies on Friday

You could be greeted by a rare “smiley face” celestial alignment in the early hours of Friday, NASA has stated.

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Author: Aarjavee Raaj

See a cosmic ‘smiley face’ in the early morning sky as the moon greets Saturn and Venus tomorrow

Nobody knows it, but the universe has a secret smile, and it uses it only for Earth.

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Author: Anthony Wood

Exact time to find rare ‘smiley face’ in the sky – and what you’ll really see

Massing of planets around the Moon is not unusual – but it’s much less common to see this particular alignment

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Author: Andrew Forgrave

The oldest ant ever discovered found fossilized in Brazil

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report publishing in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 24. The hell ant, which was preserved in limestone, is a member of Haidomyrmecinae—an extinct subfamily that only lived during the Cretaceous period. These ants had highly specialized, scythe-like jaws that they likely used to pin or impale prey.

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Author: CellPressNews

Scientists reveal the most detailed photo of the sun yet

The image was captured by the world’s most powerful solar telescope, which takes 2D snapshots of the sun at specific wavelengths. Combining these images allows for detailed photos.

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Author: Xantha Leatham

World’s largest solar telescope gains powerful new ‘eye’ to study the sun’s secrets

“The instrument is, so to speak, the heart of the solar telescope, which is now finally beating at its final destination.”

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Author: Sharmila Kuthunur

Solar Orbiter takes the largest image of our sun to date

ESA has compiled the largest image of our sun to date from 200 individual images taken by the Solar Orbiter. It shows the star in ultraviolet light.

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Author: Martin Holland

Widest high-resolution photo of the Sun ever captured

Solar Orbiter began routine science operations in 2021 and has since looped ever closer to the Sun, stealing bits of speed from Venus.

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Author: Earth.com

‘Extraordinary’ fossil reveals the oldest ant species known to science

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new light on insect evolution, researchers have found.

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Author: Katie Hunt

Can I offer you a nice image of the Sun in these trying times?

ESA and NASA’s Solar Orbiter satellite has delivered a new image of the Sun that shows off its scorching hot atmosphere.

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Author: Ian Carlos Campbell

Largest imaging spectro-polarimeter achieves first light at solar telescope

The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO) near the summit of Maui’s Haleakalā, …

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Author: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

Massive Hole the Size of Switzerland Opens in Antarctica

A massive polynya the size of Switzerland has recently appeared in Antarctica, leaving scientists baffled. Uncover the surprising factors driving this phenomenon and what it means for the future of our planet’s climate.

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Author: Melissa Ait Lounis

World’s largest solar telescope turns on powerful new camera, revealing breathtaking image of a continent-size sunspot

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s largest solar telescope, can see the sun in unprecedented detail. Here is the first image from its newly-activated camera.

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Author: Briley Lewis

This fossilised ‘hell ant’ found in a Brazilian museum has been hiding a mighty secret

Experts say the 113-million-year-old fossil is the oldest ant specimen ever discovered.

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Author: daniel.graham@ourmedia.co.uk

Oldest ant fossil ever found shows how ants took over the world

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern hemisphere before moving north – and beyond

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‘Hell ant’ fossil may be oldest ant ever found

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen species of “hell ant” that lived 113 million years ago, making it the oldest ant fossil ever found.

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Author: Jess Thomson

11 Million-Year-Old Panda Fossil Found in Germany Reveals Shocking Detail about Their Diet

Paleontologists have uncovered the 11 million-year-old fossil of an ancestor of the giant panda in Germany, revealing surprising insights into the panda’s evolutionary past.

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Author: Lydia Amazouz

This Is the Highest-Resolution Portrait of the Sun We’ve Ever Seen

Solar Orbiter pieced together 200 ultraviolet images to show our star’s million-degree atmosphere in all its glory.

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Author: Isaac Schultz

Solar Orbiter’s widest high-res view of the Sun

Solar Orbiter’s widest high-resolution view of the Sun

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Author: esa

Study Reveals How Elephants Crossed from Africa to Asia

A new study uncovered how ancient land shifts allowed elephants to cross from Africa to Asia millions of years ago.

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Author: Abdul Moeed

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers a Strange ‘Skull Hill’ Rock on Mars, Suspects It Came From ‘Elsewhere’

A mysterious rock has been discovered on Mars, unlike anything we’ve seen before. With its dark tone and unusual features, it could hold the key to understanding Mars’ ancient past. NASA’s Perseverance rover is now investigating this strange formation.

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Author: Arezki Amiri

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