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This artist's impression shows a group of archaic humans hunting in a forest roughly 1 million years ago in China's Hubei Province.
This artist's impression shows a group of archaic humans hunting in a forest roughly 1 million years ago in China's Hubei Province.
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Ancient skull from China may shake up timeline of human evolution

The findings are based on a reconstruction of a crushed skull discovered in China in 1990, and have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

2 days ago
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Music industry group says AI firms guilty of 'wilful' copyright theft

"The world's largest tech companies as well as AI-specific companies, such as OpenAI, Suno, and Udio, Mistral, etc. are engaged in the largest copyright infringement exercise that has been seen," John Phelan, director general of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), told AFP.

1 week ago
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Southeast Asia's smoke-dried bodies could be world's 'oldest mummies': study

While the bandage-bound bodies of ancient Egypt date back perhaps as far as 4,500 years ago, the oldest previously known examples of mummification are from ancient Chilean societies.

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South American lungfish has largest genome of any animal

Eighteen of the 19 South American lungfish chromosomes, the threadlike structures that carry an organism's genomic information, are each individually larger than the entire human genome, according to researchers.

1 year ago
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Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-flu jab disappoints in trial

The messenger RNA method made its debut with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which was the first jab against Covid to be approved in the West in late 2020

1 year ago
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Celebrating National Identity: Sasa Unveils 17 Classic Indonesian Dishes

To celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day, PT Sasa Inti is showcasing the country’s rich and diverse culinary heritage by curating 17 traditional dishes from various regions across the archipelago.

1 year ago
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Flood of 'junk': How AI is changing scientific publishing

These are a few of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence that have recently made their way into scientific journals, shining a light on the wave of AI-generated text and images washing over the academic publishing industry.

1 year ago
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Earth hit by 'severe' solar storm

Conditions of a level-four geomagnetic storm -- on a scale of five -- were observed Monday from 1500 GMT, according to a specialized center at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

1 year ago
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Seismic data indicates huge underground reservoir of liquid water on Mars

That is the conclusion of scientists based on seismic data obtained by NASA's robotic InSight Lander during a mission that helped decipher the interior of Mars. The water, located about 7.2 to 12.4 miles (11.5 to 20 km) below the Martian surface, potentially offers conditions favorable to sustain microbial life, either in the past or now, the researchers said.

1 year ago
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Flood of 'junk': How AI is changing scientific publishing

A few of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence have recently made their way into scientific journals, shining a light on the wave of AI-generated text and images washing over the academic publishing industry.

1 year ago
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Signal messenger blocked in Russia, says Roskomnadzor

Prior to Roskomnadzor's announcement that it had taken action, hundreds of Signal users reported glitches with the messenger app, a secure communications tool used by up to a million Russians to encrypt messages and conversations.

1 year ago
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Tiny arm bone unlocks mystery of Indonesia's extinct 'Hobbit' people

Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of this incomplete humerus—missing both of its ends—as well as two fossilized teeth from Mata Menge in the So'a Basin of Flores, where the volcano Mount Ebulobo looms over the landscape.

1 year ago
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Meteorite impacts identified as driver of moon's tenuous atmosphere

By analyzing which forms of two elements, potassium and rubidium, were present in nine tiny soil samples from five Apollo missions, researchers determined that the lunar atmosphere was created and is sustained primarily by the effects of meteorites, large and small, striking the moon's surface.

1 year ago
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Spacecraft to swing by Earth, Moon on path to Jupiter

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Juice probe blasted off in April 2023 on a mission to discover whether Jupiter's icy moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa are capable of hosting extra-terrestrial life in their vast, hidden oceans.

1 year ago
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Video game makers see actors as AI 'data,' says union on strike

While many demands are the same, consent and compensation for actors, whose voices and movements are used by AI to build game characters, the latest talks are posing unique challenges, union negotiators says.

1 year ago
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Chinese scientists identify super moss able to 'survive' in Mars

When subjected to conditions that simulate the environment on Mars, the moss - Syntrichia Caninervis - was found to be able to withstand extreme dryness, ultra-low temperatures and radiation, the academy said in a research paper published in The Innovation journal last week.

1 year ago
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World's oldest cave painting in Sulawesi shows a pig and people

The researchers used a new scientific approach to determine the minimum age of the newly disclosed painting inside the Leang Karampuang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region of South Sulawesi province by using a laser to date a type of crystal called calcium carbonate that formed naturally on top of the painting.

1 year ago
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'Google is broken': How an algorithm tweak cost livelihoods

Online businesses have been left considering layoffs and even site closures after Google's massive upgrade in March and April caused catastrophic drops in traffic.

1 year ago
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NASA picks SpaceX to carry ISS to its watery graveyard after 2030

Elon Musk's company has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $843 million to develop and deliver the spaceship, dubbed the US Deorbit Vehicle.

1 year ago
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SASA affirms the power of food as it advances into the future

Technological advancement has been instrumental in bringing Indonesia into the future, whether it is integrated into the healthcare or education sector. In order to be sustainable, brands will also have to balance the need for digitalization without losing the human touch, which is usually the tool to pull customers in for a more personalized experience.

1 year ago
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Embracing technological transformations within classrooms

From iPads to augmented reality and artificial intelligence, schools across the country are harnessing new technologies to enrich their students’ learning.

1 year ago
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Online video adding to challenges for news firms: report

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to further reduce traffic to news websites and apps, said the Reuters Institute at Britain's University of Oxford as it released its annual Digital News Report. 

1 year ago
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Can technology help to create better, employment-ready university graduates?

In the competitive world of job hunting in Indonesia, one currency seems to hold the key to unlocking most opportunities: “graduate from a well-known university.” The reality is that employers are seeking employment-ready graduates. Still, the traditional internship system, often intended to bridge between academia and the professional world, has not always effectively bridged this gap. The lack of a centralized hub for internship opportunities often creates a barrier between students and valuable industry experiences. This could hinder companies from finding qualified talents and limits students’ exploration of potential career paths.

1 year ago
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Frost discovered on top of giant Mars volcanoes

The early morning frost was spotted in images taken by the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter, according to a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience on Monday.

1 year ago
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Apple brings ChatGPT and more AI to devices

In the nearly two-hour long presentation at Apple's annual developer conference, executives including CEO Tim Cook touted how voice assistant Siri would be able to interact with messages, emails, calendar, as well as third party apps. Siri will be able to write emails and change the tone of voice to suit the occasion.

1 year ago
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In first, SpaceX's megarocket Starship nails ocean splashdown

Scraps of fiery debris came flying off the spaceship as it descended over the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia, dramatic video from an onboard camera showed, but it ultimately held together and survived atmospheric reentry.

1 year ago
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Sri Lanka gives preliminary approval to Elon Musk's Starlink

Sri Lanka fast-tracked the approval process after Musk met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe last month in Indonesia on the sidelines of the 10th World Water Forum. 

1 year ago
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Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content

Ferras Hamad, a Palestinian-American engineer who had been on Meta's machine learning team since 2021, sued the social media giant in a California state court for discrimination, wrongful termination and other wrongdoing over his February dismissal.

1 year ago
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China probe successfully lands on far side of Moon

The Chang'e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, state news agency Xinhua said, citing the China National Space Administration.

1 year ago
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Webb telescope finds most distant galaxy ever observed, again

Since coming online in 2022, the Webb telescope has ushered in a new era of scientific breakthroughs, peering farther than ever before into the universe's distant reaches -- which also means it is looking back in time.

1 year ago
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Musk's Starlink back up after brief outage

"The network issue has been fully resolved," Starlink said in a post on X. 

1 year ago
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Starless and forever alone: more 'rogue' planets discovered

Without being bound to a star, as the Earth is to the Sun, there are no days or years on these planets, which languish in perpetual night.

1 year ago
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Google tweaking AI Overview after Obama Muslim blunder

Google users took to social media to lampoon erroneous "AI Overview" responses to queries such as whether people should eat stones or stare into the sun, or how many Muslim US presidents there have been.

1 year ago