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OpenAI and Google’s TPUs: diversification is also a software challengeThe press has reported a plan to buy Google chips. An OpenAI job listing, meanwhile, reveals a very concrete project: adapting its models to another computing architecture.
Xiaozhai Tiankeng: understanding China’s sinkhole and its forestsAt Xiaozhai, the sinkhole reaches a depth of 662 metres, depending on the point of measurement. This spectacular landscape has long been known; research into tiankengs sheds light on the links between landforms, water and living things.
Why do we enjoy being scared at the cinema? The thrill is about more than a jump scareA noise, a moment of anticipation, a danger we know is fictional: horror films play on several levels. Research sheds light on this particular pleasure without suggesting it is universal.
An ultrasound tube guides matter through the air: what the Helsinki prototype demonstratesEight centimetres, 256 emitters and 50 watts: a prototype guides matter without a wall. Its potential and the steps still needed before industrial use.
TOI-561 b: how Webb is investigating the clouds of a lava planetA study of infrared variations from TOI-561 b favours a highly reflective atmosphere. Here is what Webb is actually measuring, what the models explain and what remains to be verified.
Atomic clocks: why our time depends on a networkThe alert over the clocks at the Paris Observatory highlights an essential infrastructure. The atomic second, world time and GPS: three concepts to distinguish.