No one would have predicted me
I am that of a giant of the sea
I keep you from drifting endlessly

What am I?


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The ability to admit ignorance could be a sign of truly intelligent AI, and a new quiz of unsolved or perhaps even unsolvable questions aims to put this idea to the test

Many children in the US seem to be using a chatbot to help them with their work, despite the risks of errors and often in defiance of school rules

I begin with a connection cut from the start
This overlaps with that of an old phone, not smart
I can be defined as sincere, felt by the heart

What am I?


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The US Navy has many tasks it wants quantum devices to tackle, from setting maintenance schedules to enabling nearly unhackable communication

A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that are linked to bursts of radiation which play havoc with electronics on Earth may happen every 100 to 200 years and we may be overdue one

Large drones have been spotted flying over the US for weeks, and state and federal officials say they still have no idea who is behind the flights

Four Girls

A man escapes from jail with help from his girlfriend. Four girls are accused of being the man's girlfriend. His girlfriend is lying. Two girls are innocent and telling the truth. The other girl is the man's sister who is helping the girlfriend lie. Who is the man's sister?

Amanda: "Melinda is his girlfriend."
Vanessa: "Eva is lying."
Eva: "Amanda is lying."
Melinda: "Vanessa is not his sister."


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On 24 December, the Parker Solar Probe will be the closest human-made object ever to a star, taking unprecedented measurements of the sun

Just a few months after the previous record was set, a start-up called Quantinuum has announced that it has entangled the largest number of logical qubits – this will be key to quantum computers that can correct their own errors

From a fish with a tiny brain to the world’s oldest cheese, we have reported on plenty of strange and unusual science discoveries this year. Challenge yourself and see what you can remember in this fiendish set of questions from our quizmaster Bethan Ackerley

We challenge you to find the scientific terms in this monster of a puzzle – and we’re not even telling you exactly what they are

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, came strangely far south this year and there may be more of the same while the sun is experiencing a solar maximum

Neuralink’s first two human trials grabbed headlines this year, but it still isn’t clear how the firm’s technology compares with other brain-computer interfaces

AI made incredible progress in 2023, but with a less-impressive pace of development this year, it may be that existing techniques are reaching their limits

The discovery of ancient cities in Asia and the Americas point to earlier bouts of social and climatic upheavals. The good news is that humanity survived, says Annalee Newitz

Rather than getting its water from impacts, our planet may have drawn in water vapour after the sun boiled it off early icy asteroids

The unusual properties of gallium have helped scientists to create delicate moulds that can be used to grow cultures of human cells resembling tiny blood vessels

In Table 1 of the Review “Engineering CAR-T therapies for autoimmune disease and beyond” by E. P. English et al., the sponsors of the clinical trials in the last section, “Engineered cell therapy studies in autoimmune diseases (non-BCMA or -CD19 targets),” were incorrect. The clinical trials and sponsors were originally listed as follows: NCT03605238, NCT05239702, and NCT06361836, Cabaletta Bio; NCT04422912, Tongji Hospital; NCT04561557, Zhejiang University; NCT05451212, Nanjing University School of Medicine; NCT06285279, Luminary Therapeutics; NCT06340750, 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army of China; and NCT06352281, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Inc. The clinical trials and sponsors are now correctly assigned as follows: NCT03605238, Chinese PLA General Hospital; NCT04422912 and NCT05451212, Cabaletta Bio; NCT04561557, Tongji Hospital; NCT05239702, Zhejiang University; NCT06285279, Nanjing University School of Medicine; NCT06340750, Luminary Therapeutics; NCT06352281, 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army of China; and NCT06361836, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Small-molecule agonism of GluK2 reduces dermal mast cell responses to MrgprB2 ligation and suppresses skin inflammation.