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A method for freely adjusting the parameters of a loop of optical fiber enables the exploration of exotic topological phases of matter.

Human activities account for a substantial amount—anywhere from 20% to more than 60%—of toxic thallium that has entered the Baltic Sea over the past 80 years, according to new research by scientists affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and other institutions.

Scientists have discovered an ocean about 700 kilometres below the Earth’s surface. It is triple the size of all the oceans on the Earth’s surface combined.

#ocean #earth #gravitas.

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Sam Altman isn’t sure the future of artificial intelligence requires new hardware.

Despite a flurry of new devices hitting the market, the OpenAI CEO told MIT Technology Review we might not need to buy separate devices to engage with AI in the future.

“I don’t think it will require a new piece of hardware,” he said while in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for events hosted by Harvard University and the venture-capital firm Xfund.

Owners of the Apple Vision Pro who are also in the developer beta can now download and install the fourth test build of visionOS 1.2.

The fourth build of visionOS 1.2 surfaces after the third, which Apple issued on April 24. The second arrived on April 16, while the first appeared on April 2.

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AMD is getting serious about ray-tracing performance, RDNA 4’s RT hardware for Radeon is said to be ‘brand new’ and ‘completely different.’

Storm drains can be a causeway of disaster for our oceans and bays, because trash and organic debris can travel through the pipelines, polluting the waterways on the other side.

Fortunately, a program in Florida could serve as a model for other communities in cleaning up the drains and preventing harmful pollution from soiling the environment.

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“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” — Ray Bradbury.

A team of experts from different fields are collaborating to promote the use of scientific thinking in decision-making processes. This could lead to better and smarter choices being made by the general public, potentially helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.