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Google DeepMind has unveiled a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) models that will enable robots to perform complex general tasks and reason in a way that was previously impossible. Earlier this ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

Discovering that a paper contains data that appears to be fraudulent is an academic researcher’s nightmare. It leads to professional blacklisting, reevaluation of entire bodies of work, even a ...

Until recently, VO2 max testing has been inaccessible to most everyday athletes. Unless you had an in with an exercise physiology lab, you had to rely on back-of-the-envelope calculations or wearable ...

With the stresses of daily life, it can often seem difficult to find moments to smell the proverbial roses. But you don’t necessarily need a lot of time or effort to experience meaningful joy, a ...

Row, row, row your… way to absolutely massive cardio gains. Here's why the experts think jumping on the rower can give you an ...

That’s why antiaging startups involve entrepreneurial notables like Jeff Bezos, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, and Google co-founder Larry Page. That’s why one estimate puts the complementary and ...