Science & technology


Science & technology

AI is being used to model football matches

The mathematics of network analysis helps them follow the action

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A neutrino telescope spots the signs of something cataclysmic

What could have generated the most energetic neutrino ever detected?

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How artificial intelligence is changing baseball

Moneyball enters its AI era

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Forget DeepSeek. Large language models are getting cheaper still

A $6m LLM isn’t cool. A $6 one is

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Does intermittent fasting work?

It does for weight loss. Its other supposed benefits are debatable

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Cryptocurrencies are spawning a new generation of private eyes

Their tools are software, and a nose for trouble

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Fine-tuned acoustic waves can knock drones out of the sky

The right sounds can also disable their cameras

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Fighting the war in Ukraine on the electromagnetic spectrum

Drone operators and jammers are in a high-tech arms race

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Are ice baths good for you?

They won’t hurt. Actually they might, a bit

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Why carbon monoxide could appeal to the discerning doper

Professional cycling is debating whether to ban the poisonous gas

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A sophisticated civilisation once flourished in the Amazon basin

How the Casarabe died out remains a mystery

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Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding

By reducing the cost of breeding, the firm hopes to improve yields and other properties for an array of important crops