On the fifth anniversary of Stephen Hawking’s death, close friend and colleague Thomas Hertog unpacks the trailblazing physicist’s thoughts on the Big Bang’s origins.
Contribution of exercise to brain resilience.
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Simulations show that collisions between moons and planets may be a regular danger for possible extraterrestrial life.
Was divided equally between Victor Franz Hess ‘for his discovery of cosmic radiation’ and Carl David Anderson ‘for his discovery of the positron’.
Most experts think we have to tweak general relativity to fit with quantum theory. Physicist Jonathan Oppenheim isn’t so sure, which is why he’s made a 5000:1 bet that gravity isn’t a quantum force.
This video explores what attention really is, what role it plays in learning and why people can’t multitask — the issue of attention residue.
OUTLINE:
0:00 — Sneak peek.
0:20 — Introduction.
0:57 — Why we need attention.
1:46 — Thalamus as attentional filter.
3:06 — Higher attentional systems.
3:40 — Role of attention in learning.
4:42 — Attention residue.
6:00 — Conclusions and references.
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OpenAI has released a new version of ChatGPT, claiming that the new language learning model is capable of passing – and even excelling in – a variety of academic exams.
ChatGPT-4, which will be available on Bing as well as the OpenAI website, is more reliable and more creative than its predecessor, according to OpenAI. The team tested the model on a number of exams designed for humans, from the bar exam to biology, using publicly available papers. While no additional training was given to the model ahead of the tests, it was able to perform well on most subjects, performing in the estimated 90th percentile for the bar exam and the 86th-100th in art history.
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The novel substance is detailed in a research paper, Evidence of near-ambient superconductivity in a N-doped lutetium hydride, which is published in the scientific journal Nature.
Top universities are finally bringing the excitement of the quantum future into the classroom.
