Physicists Start To Pin Down How Stars Forge Heavy Atoms

By JENNA AHART

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses. They definitely exist in East Lansing, Michigan.

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A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that enter your nose and the individual neurons that translate them into perception in your brain.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Researchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity

By WEBB WRIGHT

Image generators are designed to mimic their training data, so where does their apparent creativity come from? A recent study suggests that it's an inevitable by-product of their architecture.

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THE QUANTA PODCAST

With Fifth Busy Beaver, Researchers Approach Computation's Limits

Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL
With BEN BRUBAKER

Dam! A question about computation that can be asked at infinitely many tiers of complexity turned out to be dizzyingly difficult at just level five. We finally have an answer.

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