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Why I have changed my mind about AI and you should too pred 6 urami in 55 minutami Both boosters and sceptics have strongly held opinions on AI tools like ChatGPT, but after an experiment in vibe coding, I have realised that both camps are wrong, says Jacob Aron(New Scientist)
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The Human Flatus Atlas plans to measure the explosivity of farts pred 21 urami in 55 minutami Feedback is excited to learn that University of Maryland researchers are measuring farts in a bid to build a Human Flatus Atlas, a project that seems destined for an Ig Nobel(New Scientist)
Tiny predatory dinosaur weighed less than a chicken pred 23 urami in 54 minutami The alvarezsaurs were thought to have evolved a smaller stature because of their diet of ants and termites, but a new fossil found in Argentina casts doubt on that theory(New Scientist)
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