AIs generate more novel and exciting research ideas than human experts

The first statistically significant results are in: not only can Large Language Model (LLM) AIs generate new expert-level scientific research ideas, but their ideas are more original and exciting than the best of ours – as judged by human experts.

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Not-so-tiny house sleeps six people in spacious apartment-like layout

Though the flexibility of a tiny house appeals to a lot of people, not everyone is cut out for downsizing. The Ventura Park Model Tiny Home offers life on wheels with a spacious apartment-like layout that sleeps up to six people.

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New Ford micro-camper exceeds the Nugget in tiny camping efficiency

The tiniest motorized camper we saw at this year's Düsseldorf Caravan Salon is a slick, stealthy micro-camper built on Ford's smallest van. No, not the Transit Connect, but the Transit Courier, an even smaller van that looks like a small crossover.

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Elon Musk plans to send first Starships to Mars in 2026

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says that the first of his company's Starship spacecraft will set off for Mars in two years and the first crewed missions will follow in 2028. He sees this as part of his plan to make humanity an interplanetary species.

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New AI game engine generates playable DOOM in real time

So a diffusion model, denoising data, peak signal-to-noise-ratio, RL-agent, autoregressive model, and thermodynamics walk into a bar ... And now we can play the 1993 cult-classic first-person shooter, DOOM, generated in real-time by AI.

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Solar eclipses send “gravity waves” through Earth’s atmosphere

Solar eclipses don’t just look cool – they can send gravity waves rippling through Earth’s atmosphere like dropping a stone in a pond. An international team of students has measured these gravity waves for the first time.

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Night owls shown to have 46% higher chance of developing diabetes

While being a night owl has a certain cachet, a new study shows that staying up into the wee hours can be downright dangerous. The late-night lifestyle was shown to dramatically raise diabetes risk and cause several other health-damaging effects.

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Concept camper bus dares you to gaze (and smell) into RVing’s future

Mobilvetta is exploring the future of RVing with a concept it calls Fluideen. The design study looks to seamlessly blend the natural with the technological, bringing features like scented wallpaper and retractable furnishings.

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