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Science Archaeology World War II notes linked to'The Great Escape' prison camp found in garage crawlspace Handwritten accounts describe the horrors of Stalag Luft 3. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Over 300 pages of notes were labeled'Secret' in the box hidden for decades inside a garage. A man in upstate New York discovered more than cobwebs and missing holiday decorations while recently cleaning out his garage. Behind a small wood plank, homeowner Jason Hurdle spotted a long-forgotten crawlspace stuffed with vintage milk pails, a safe, and a dusty box of files .

Generative AI has changed mathematics forever. In August, artificial intelligence company OpenAI announced ten advances in mathematics and computer science made with their as-yet unreleased model Astra. The discoveries cover a wide range of mathematical fields, including geometry, cryptography and coding theory. These ten are just the latest in a rapidly growing list of mathematical breakthroughs made by generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. OpenAI accompanied the announcement with a statement on "responsibility to the mathematical community".

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Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. "The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live," says one expert. Tech executives have long touted the potential for their AI models to accelerate the pace of biology discoveries. Last week, they announced one.

AI giant Anthropic has announced the discovery of a new enzyme system in bacterial DNA that it said could "represent a new gene editing mechanism" similar to the groundbreaking CRISPR tool. Anthropic said on Wednesday that its signature AI model, Claude, had "autonomously" discovered the system at the prompting of researchers working at the company's recently established biology research lab in San Francisco. CRISPR technology has been credited with advancing the treatment of a range of diseases, including sickle cell disease and cancer. Anthropic, which is at the centre of a vigorous global debate about how to maximise the benefits of AI while mitigating catastrophic risks, said it had not determined the function of the system. It said Claude discovered the system after spending 21 hours searching a large database of DNA sequences. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who has claimed that AI could cure most diseases within five to 10 years, said in a post on X that his company suspects the "molecular machine" could "represent a new gene editing mechanism".

Anthropic has established a biology research lab in the San Francisco Bay Area to conduct physical experiments, according to Reuters. Eric Kauderer-Abrams, the company's Head of Life Sciences, has confirmed the lab's existence to the news organization. "We believe that to do biology, the final test is still and will be for a while in real lab work," he said. "We absolutely are doing that today..." He also said that while Anthropic is doing lab work in-house, it's also working with external partners when it makes sense.

This huge guy was 83-feet long and a member of the longest land animals ever known. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Until now, all Diplodocus remains had been found in the U.S. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . Diplodocus is a famous genus of giant sauropod dinosaurs with small heads and long, whip-like tails that lived in the Late Jurassic period (155 to 145 million years ago).

Animal sounds could be a window into their internal emotions, new research indicates. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Rat vocalizations have been linked to different emotions and motivational states. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .