DeepMind’s StarCraft-playing AI beats 99.8 per cent of human gamers
30 October 2019
AlphaStar, the AI built by tech firm DeepMind, has reached the top ranks of StarCraft II players, above 99.8 per cent of human gamers
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Ötzi the Iceman's last journey revealed by moss found in his stomach
30 October 2019
Researchers have managed to stitch together the final route Ötzi the Iceman took before he died by analysing 75 species of plant found with him
Electric cars could charge in 10 minutes with a new kind of battery
30 October 2019
New batteries will mean it could take just 10 minutes to charge electric cars enough to travel 300 kilometres – and the batteries still work after 2500 charge cycles
Alien water may have been found on interstellar comet Borisov
30 October 2019
Comet Borisov was recently detected entering the solar system from interstellar space, and now it seems it is carrying water from another planetary system
Just thinking about bright objects changes the size of your pupils
29 October 2019
Our pupils change size in response to light levels in our environment, but it seems that just thinking about something bright or dark can have the same effect
AI could solve baffling three-body problem that stumped Isaac Newton
29 October 2019
The three-body problem has vexed mathematicians and physicists for 300 years, but AI can find solutions far faster than any other method anyone has come up with
Newly discovered brain cells help us recall where we last saw objects
29 October 2019
We’ve discovered brain cells that may help humans judge the distance to an object, and they remain active even if the object is no longer visible, suggesting a role in memory
