Four giraffes at a Spanish zoo just did something scientists had never tested in the species before: they added numbers together in their heads. Researchers at Barcelona Zoo hid carrots inside opaque ...

Tensor networks enable researchers to tackle quantum physics problems previously thought to be solvable only by quantum computers. Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation By applying a 1980s ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming up on an important season. The team could very well go all the way with veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the fold. They have a new head coach in Mike McCarthy, ...

Here’s a roundup of answers to three questions from readers. 1. Should employees try to solve problems on their own before coming to me? Am I wrong, as a manager, to think that my employees should ...

Tesla, Sunrun and Renew Home plan to tap solar panels, batteries, thermostats and other devices installed in millions of homes to meet the energy demands of artificial intelligence. By Ivan Penn The ...

Nvidia’s latest announcement goes a step further, proposing to greatly reduce the immense amounts of water (300,000 gallons per day for a mid-size facility) guzzled by data centers to keep their ...

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