Large language models lack grounding in physical causality — a gap world models are designed to fill. Here's how three distinct architectural approaches (JEPA, Gaussian splats, and end-to-end generation) work, where each fits, and what hybrid architectures…

Linker that joins up Rubisco cuts synthesis of toxic byproduct that plants pay a heavy energy price to deal with

Milkweed has found a new strategy in its epic evolutionary battle with monarch butterflies: structurally upgrading its toxins to outmaneuver monarchs' resistance.

U.S. Northern Command is seeking an agreement with Denmark to expand its operations on the island to three new areas.

 

There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater.

Qilimanjaro is selling a relatively cheap kit with everything you need for a quantum computer – you just need to be able to put it together

"What a safety zone is is not pretty well defined."

Free-floating planets could host moons with tidal heating and thick, hydrogen-rich atmospheres that may be able to create billions of years of potentially habitable surface conditions.