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Samsung's Creepy New AI Can Generate Talking Deepfakes From a Single Image
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Samsung's Creepy New AI Can Generate Talking Deepfakes From a Single Image
Our deepfake problem is about to get worse: Samsung engineers have now developed realistic talking heads that can be generated from a single image, so AI can even put words in the mouth of the Mona Lisa.
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Scientists Discover Rare, 'Undisturbed' Pockets of Seawater From The Last Ice Age
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Scientists Discover Rare, 'Undisturbed' Pockets of Seawater From The Last Ice Age
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Scientists Discover Rare, 'Undisturbed' Pockets of Seawater From The Last Ice Age
Scientists have discovered a 'unique archive' of ocean water that still exists virtually undisturbed from the last Ice Age some 20,000 years ago.
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Elon Musk's Starlink 'Train' Looks Amazing, But Astronomers Have Serious Concerns
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Elon Musk's Starlink 'Train' Looks Amazing, But Astronomers Have Serious Concerns
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Elon Musk's Starlink 'Train' Looks Amazing, But Astronomers Have Serious Concerns
Last week SpaceX launched 60 Starlink telecommunication satellites – the first major launch of its ambitious fleet of up to 12,000 satellites, with the goal to eventually create ultra-fast internet services around the world.
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These Breathtaking Photos Are The First Known Sighting of an Albino Giant Panda
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These Breathtaking Photos Are The First Known Sighting of an Albino Giant Panda
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These Breathtaking Photos Are The First Known Sighting of an Albino Giant Panda
The first known sighting of an albino panda has taken place in China, revealing a uniquely pale bear cub padding through a lush green bamboo forest.
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'Forbidden Planet' Discovered Against All Odds in Hellish Neptunian Desert
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'Forbidden Planet' Discovered Against All Odds in Hellish Neptunian Desert
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'Forbidden Planet' Discovered Against All Odds in Hellish Neptunian Desert
When you get close to a blazing star, you can discern a region where medium-sized planets like our own icy Neptune are scarce. Known as Hot Neptunian Deserts, these rings of intense irradiation and heat are found right across the Universe - but the
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Scientists Detect Ancient Sea Salt in Diamonds, Proving Their Extraordinary Origins
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Scientists Detect Ancient Sea Salt in Diamonds, Proving Their Extraordinary Origins
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Scientists Detect Ancient Sea Salt in Diamonds, Proving Their Extraordinary Origins
Earth is not one to sit still. For roughly 3 billion years, our planet has been perpetually recycling its ocean floor, swallowing up old oceanic crust in some areas and pouring out new seabed in others. Diamonds, it would seem, are the beautif
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This X-Ray View of The Night Sky Reveals a Whole New Way of Seeing The Universe
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This X-Ray View of The Night Sky Reveals a Whole New Way of Seeing The Universe
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This X-Ray View of The Night Sky Reveals a Whole New Way of Seeing The Universe
Based on this recently released snapshot of the night sky captured by NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), we can safely assume Superman gets no sleep at night. Just look at that thing.
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Breathtaking Images Show Fluffy Martian Clouds Photographed From The Planet's Surface
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Breathtaking Images Show Fluffy Martian Clouds Photographed From The Planet's Surface
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Breathtaking Images Show Fluffy Martian Clouds Photographed From The Planet's Surface
Curiosity is one busy rover. Since touching down on Mars in 2012, it's helped astronomers locate the planet's missing methane, delivered new evidence that Mars was once wet, and even provided clues of extraterrestrial life.
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Curiosity Has Made a Huge Discovery at Its Primary Mission Target on Mars
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Curiosity Has Made a Huge Discovery at Its Primary Mission Target on Mars
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Curiosity Has Made a Huge Discovery at Its Primary Mission Target on Mars
Clay is a big deal on Mars because it often forms in contact with water. Find clay, and you've usually found evidence of water. And the nature, history, and current water budget on Mars are all important to understanding that planet, and if it ever
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Physicists Have Finally Figured Out a Way to Save Schrödinger's Cat
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Physicists Have Finally Figured Out a Way to Save Schrödinger's Cat
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Physicists Have Finally Figured Out a Way to Save Schrödinger's Cat
The famous cat-in-a-box thought experiment by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger is an illustration of one of the defining characteristics of quantum mechanics - the unpredictable behaviour of particles at the quantum level.
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Experiment Shows Bees Can Understand a Symbolic Language For Mathematics
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Experiment Shows Bees Can Understand a Symbolic Language For Mathematics
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Experiment Shows Bees Can Understand a Symbolic Language For Mathematics
Do you need another reason to love bees? Not only can our fuzzy little flower friends perform basic arithmetic, scientists have now discovered that they can recognise symbols associated with numbers.
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Watch as This Lightweight Foam Material Stops Bullets as Effectively as Steel
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Watch as This Lightweight Foam Material Stops Bullets as Effectively as Steel
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Watch as This Lightweight Foam Material Stops Bullets as Effectively as Steel
Scientists have demonstrated a lightweight type of foam made of hollow metallic spheres that can withstand the incredible impact of .50 calibre rounds: the kinds of bullets fired by heavy machine guns and sniper rifles.
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Elon Musk: News Digest #21 (05.30.19-06.06.19)
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About Tesla: Elon did a podcast where he talked - pickup, roadster 2 and app store for Tesla, removed homelink, wireless phone charger, website changes, comparing EVs, buying credits from Tesla, suspension upgrade, bypassing charging limit, Tesla…
About Tesla: Elon did a podcast where he talked - pickup, roadster 2 and app store for Tesla, removed homelink, wireless phone charger, website changes, comparing EVs, buying credits from Tesla, suspension upgrade, bypassing charging limit, Tesla…
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Astronomers Detect an Eerie Ring of Gas Around Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole
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Astronomers Detect an Eerie Ring of Gas Around Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole
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Astronomers Detect an Eerie Ring of Gas Around Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers peering into the dark heart of the Milky Way galaxy have seen a vast, rotating disc of cool gas, circling the supermassive black hole that therein resides. Long has this disc been hypothesised; now, it is revealed in all its turbulent g
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Feathers Evolved Millions of Years Before Birds, And Maybe Even Before Dinosaurs
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Feathers Evolved Millions of Years Before Birds, And Maybe Even Before Dinosaurs
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Feathers Evolved Millions of Years Before Birds, And Maybe Even Before Dinosaurs
Feathers are not simply the domain of birds, nor did they arise solely for flight. New research on China's rich fossil record suggests instead that these structures arose 100 million years before birds, and maybe even before dinosaurs themselves.
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India's 'Mount Everest' of Trash Is Growing So Fast, It Needs Aircraft Warning Lights
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India's 'Mount Everest' of Trash Is Growing So Fast, It Needs Aircraft Warning Lights
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India's 'Mount Everest' of Trash Is Growing So Fast, It Needs Aircraft Warning Lights
As tall as the towers of London Bridge, New Delhi's Ghazipur landfill continues to grow at a startling pace. Within a year, it is set to rise higher than the Taj Mahal, one of the country's most iconic monuments.
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It's Official: NASA Is Opening The International Space Station to Tourists
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It's Official: NASA Is Opening The International Space Station to Tourists
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It's Official: NASA Is Opening The International Space Station to Tourists
NASA just announced that it will officially allow regular citizens - not just certified astronauts - on board the International Space Station, as well as commercial and marketing activities.
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Plants Are Going Extinct at Least 500 Times Faster Than if Humans Weren't Around
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Plants Are Going Extinct at Least 500 Times Faster Than if Humans Weren't Around
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Plants Are Going Extinct at Least 500 Times Faster Than if Humans Weren't Around
If you had asked a botanist just a few years ago how many plant species have perished in modern times, their estimate would probably number fewer than 150. The most exhaustive study thus far has now quadrupled that amount.
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The "Original Bitcoin" Was This Giant Stone Money on a Tiny Pacific Island
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The "Original Bitcoin" Was This Giant Stone Money on a Tiny Pacific Island
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The "Original Bitcoin" Was This Giant Stone Money on a Tiny Pacific Island
Bitcoin and the blockchain may seem like puzzling new technological concepts, but the central tenet of this cutting-edge cryptocurrency goes back way longer than you might believe.
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A Superconducting Magnet Just Smashed The Strongest Magnetic Field Record
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A Superconducting Magnet Just Smashed The Strongest Magnetic Field Record
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A Superconducting Magnet Just Smashed The Strongest Magnetic Field Record
A new superconducting magnet has briefly sustained an astonishing 45.5 tesla magnetic field intensity. For comparison, your flimsy fridge magnets have about 1 percent of a single tesla.
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We Have Detected Signs of Our Milky Way Colliding With Another Galaxy
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We Have Detected Signs of Our Milky Way Colliding With Another Galaxy
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We Have Detected Signs of Our Milky Way Colliding With Another Galaxy
Antlia 2, the "ghost of a galaxy" orbiting the Milky Way, is a dark horse in more ways than one. Not only is it so faint it was only just discovered last year, it may now be responsible for curious ripples in the hydrogen gas that makes up the Milk