OpenAI Releases GPT-4 AI Model with Human-Level Performance
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - OpenAI has released its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4, which boasts "human-level performance" on several academic and professional benchmarks, including the US bar exam, advanced placement tests, and the SAT school exams.
Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Produces Electricity from Air
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scientists have isolated an enzyme, Huc, which allows certain soil bacteria to consume hydrogen from the air and convert it into energy, producing electricity directly when exposed to even minute amounts of hydrogen.
Experiment Demonstrates Solar System’s Fragility
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a University of California, Riverside, experiment.
Space Organizations Want Moon to Have Its Own Time Zone
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – There's been a resurgence of interest in the moon, now that we're getting closer to re-establishing a foothold on the celestial body.
Life-Building Organic Molecules Found in Samples from Asteroid Ryugu
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Did life originate on Earth? Or did the essential building blocks for it land on Earth from space? This is something scientists have been debating for decades.
Supermassive Black Holes Source of Dark Energy?
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Earlier this week, a study made headlines claiming that the mysterious “dark energy” cosmologists believe is accelerating the expansion of the universe could arise from supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies.
Scientists Find Clearest Evidence of Ancient Lake that Existed on Mars
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – In the foothills of a Martian mountain, NASA’s Curiosity rover found stunning new evidence of an ancient lake in the form of rocks etched with the ripples of waves — and the telltale signs appeared in an unlikely place.
Two Homegrown Satellites Unveiled in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran on Tuesday unveiled “Nahid-2” telecommunication and “Tolou-3” remote sensing satellites.
New Form of Ice Discovered that May Shake Up Our Understanding of Water
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other known ices and that may rewrite our understanding of water and its many anomalies.
Embers of Ancient Inferno Pinpoint Worst Extinction in Earth's History
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The link between ancient volcanic eruptions and the most severe extinction event the world has ever seen just got even stronger.
Scientists Spot First Gamma-Ray Eclipses from Strange 'Spider' Star Systems
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Astronomers have detected the first gamma-ray eclipses from a "spider" star system, in which a superdense rapidly rotating neutron star called a pulsar is feeding on a stellar companion.
Earth's Inner Core May Have Started Spinning Other Way: Study
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Far below our feet, a giant may have started moving against us. Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning in the same direction as the rest of the planet and might even be rotating the other way, research suggested on Monday.
Temperatures on Greenland Warmest in At Least 1,000 Years
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – As humans fiddle with the planet’s thermostat, scientists are piecing together Greenland’s history by drilling ice cores to analyze how the climate crisis has impacted the island country over the years.
Rare, Green Comet to Pass by Earth Starting This Week
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – If you're looking at the night skies over the next month and make out a tiny green light in the sky, don't panic, aliens haven't landed.
Rate of Scientific Breakthroughs Slowing over Time: Study
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The rate of ground-breaking scientific discoveries and technological innovation is slowing down despite an ever-growing amount of knowledge, according to an analysis released Wednesday of millions of research papers and patents.
New Highly Contagious COVID Strain Emerges in UK
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A highly infectious COVID strain has emerged and is already behind one in 25 cases in the UK, surveillance data suggests.
Lawsuit Filed As Apple Watch Gets Racially Biased
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A class action lawsuit filed last week in New York claims that Apple profited at the expense of dark-skinned customers by charging a premium for an Apple Watch that knowingly incorporated a defective "blood oxygen sensor" feature.
Experts Warn of New COVID Variants amid Soaring Cases in China
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Health experts warn that an increase in COVID-19 cases in China as the nation lifts its zero-COVID measures could serve as a "potential breeding ground" for new variants to appear.
