Error theory can mean vastly different things depending on the context - what does it mean in the context of science and AI?

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After years of confusion, a new study confirms the proton is tinier than once thought. That enables a test of the standard model of particle physics.

A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.

This kind of ‘magic’ could lead to a computer revolution.

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...

A giant virus encodes part of the protein-making toolkit of cells that gives it greater control over its amoeba host, raising questions about how it evolved and how such beings relate to living organi ...

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...

Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that constantly “sense” their surroundings to survive and thrive. New research shows that beneficial gut microbes, especially common Clostridia bacteria, can ...

They shaped the Universe, yet the first stars ever born continue to evade the searches of astronomers like Dr Emma Chapman ...

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which examined the sky for exoplanets ...