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Despite an impressive vocabulary, artificial intelligence often fails to accurately analyze scientific statements. A new study reveals that popular text generators frequently contradict themselves ...

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Physicists working on the LHCb experiment have spotted an elusive and fleeting particle, a heavier and more charming cousin ...

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New research shows storytelling improves memory by helping people remember information better than lists through meaningful sequences.

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

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