Quick crossword #93: Dye mixture used in testing pH (6)
7 October 2021
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Hopes of developing artificial general intelligence and a truly useful quantum computer are looking less fanciful thanks to recent breakthroughs
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Can you solve this week’s fiendish puzzle No time to try? Plus, the answer to puzzle #133
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There are ways of keeping your garden growing that don't involve wasting huge quantities of water. Clare Wilson explains how
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The idea that recollections of traumatic experiences can be locked away only to suddenly re-emerge years later has once again become a hotly debated issue, with serious implications for investigations of historical abuse
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Airflow induced by electric fields, known as ionic wind, has already propelled a small aircraft – now engineers think it could help to ease the clean-energy transition and protect infrastructure from natural winds
A maize meme shows why you shouldn't trust social media
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There is an image circulating on social media looking at genetically modified corn, but its origins are extremely dubious, writes James Wong
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Ivermectin has gained notoriety as an unproven drug for preventing or treating covid-19. Now people in the UK are trying to find ways to use it
Supersized AIs: Are truly intelligent machines just a matter of scale?
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Gigantic neural networks that write with remarkable fluency have led some experts to suggest that scaling up current technology will lead to human-level language abilities – and ultimately true machine intelligence
Biological computer made from single-celled organisms can crunch data
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Micro-organisms can now be used to construct a biological computing device that than study patterns in data to predict future events
