Reports: Elon Musk Signals Launching Open AI Rival Soon
In a shocking development, The Information released a report on the 27th of February, citing that Elon musk, after acquiring Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX CEO, is keen on launching Open AI ChatGPT’s competitor. This is after Musk’s discussions with Artificial Intelligence experts in ‘recent weeks.’ The billionaire reportedly approached Igor Babuschkin, who departed Alphabet’s DeepMind […]
Artists Declare War On AI Over Image Scraping
This past week, apps such as DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion have come under fire for illegally using real images to train their AI bots. Artificial Intelligence is the new craze to have hit the internet. The recent explosion in AI tools have relentlessly left many fascinated by the wonders that AI can offer. Among […]
NASA validates kinetic impact as planetary defense
Since NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its target nearly five months ago, on Sept. 26 — altering the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes — the DART team has been hard at work analyzing the data collected from the world’s first planetary defense test mission. The DART mission employed […]
Jupiter in 4k Ultra HD
Imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. High-resolution maps and spinning globes (rendered in the 4k Ultra HD format) are the first products to come from a program to study the solar system’s outer planets each year using Hubble. The observations are designed to capture a broad range […]
The Swedish “Semla”
Most countries celebrate Lent with pancakes, others with doughnuts, but in Sweden it’s all about the semla bun. The “semla” – a small, wheat flour bun, flavored with cardamom and filled with almond paste and whipped cream – has become something of an icon in Sweden. The traditions of semla are rooted in “fettisdag” (Shrove […]
The White Truffle – The World’s Most Expensive Fungus
Truffles are a type of underground fungus that are regarded as a delicacy in many parts of the world. The White Truffle is the most expensive and highly prized of all the different types of truffles. Its distinctive flavor and aroma make it a highly sought-after gourmet ingredient. This article explores the hunt for the […]
Spectacular Merger of Three Galaxies Observed
A spectacular trio of merging galaxies in the constellation Boötes takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. These three galaxies are set on a collision course and will eventually merge into a single larger galaxy, distorting one another’s spiral structure through mutual gravitational interaction in the process. An unrelated foreground galaxy […]
Pinturicchio, Raphael’s Analogue
Bernardino di Betto, known also as Pintoricchio, was born between 1456 and 1460 in Perugia to a modest family of artisans. The early life of the painter seems to have been very unhappy and was further complicated in 1475 when his father, a simple cloth tanner, died of the plague. Some years before, however, Giapeco […]
Earth from Space in 4K
The people who get to see the Earth from space marvel at its beauty, the colors, the fragility they feel about the planet 250 miles below them. Now it’s your turn: this ultra-high definition video, captured during the International Space Station’s Expedition 65, allows you an extended, appreciative gawk at the home planet in all […]
Chandra X-ray Observatory Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision Course
A new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses. This is the first evidence for such an impending encounter, providing scientists with important information about the growth of black holes in the early Universe. By definition, dwarf galaxies contain stars with a […]