3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (329+ words) Dec. 30 (Asia Today) -- South Korea on Tuesday publicly unveiled early results from its national "Independent AI Foundation Model" project as five domestic teams presented foundation-model technology at a showcase event in Seoul attended by more than 1, 000 people. Deputy Prime Minister…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago  (372+ words) June 7 (UPI) -- The ancient Dead Sea Scrolls likely are much older than originally thought, a new artificial intelligence analysis suggests. The scrolls could be centuries older than initially thought, according to a study that combined radiocarbon dating with AI to…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago  (243+ words) Google celebrated World Quantum Day with a new Doodle Tuesday, April 14, which is a nod to Planck's constant, an equation that starts with 4. 14. Google celebrates World Quantum Day with Doodle April 14 (UPI) -- Google celebrated World Quantum Day with a new…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (904+ words) ST. PAUL, Minn. , July 9 (UPI) -- Efforts to train robots to perform certain kinds of surgical procedures without human help have reached a "critical milestone" with successful gallbladder removal procedures in lifelike settings, researchers reported Wednesday. Medical robotics experts at Johns…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (520+ words) SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Surgeons in Chile performed a pioneering gallbladder operation with the support of the MARS platform, a system that combines precision robotic technology with artificial intelligence. For the surgery performed on Monday, a robot held a magnet…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (215+ words) A map showing the location of a magnitude 7. 5 earthquake that happened near Tonga in the Pacific Ocean on March 24, 2026. Image courtesy USGS A magnitude-7. 5 earthquake struck the South Pacific near. .. Strongest earthquake of 2026 strikes near Tonga in Pacific Ocean A…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (520+ words) After a notable stretch of record-breaking heat across the western U. S. through mid-march, multiple storms moving into the region will bring cooler and wet weather to end the month, Accu Weather meteorologists say. Additional daily record highs can be set on…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (378+ words) Nov. 26 (UPI) -- More than 100 years after its existence was predicted, scientists report that they have, for the first time, seen dark matter. Scientists have been able to indirectly observe dark matter based on its effects on observable matter but now,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (973+ words) March 23 (UPI) -- Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as early as Greek mythology. But it wasn't until the 1960s that methodical research into dolphin communication began. Scientists like John Lilly and the husband-and-wife team of…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (391+ words) Winter weather may have retreated across much of the central and eastern United States, but parts of the Upper Midwest and areas along the Canada border in the Northeast face more rounds of snow and ice this week. Enough will…...