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Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams returned home safely on March 18 after being stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for 286 days. The duo made history in June 2024 as part of Boeing's Starliner test flight to the ISS, but what was supposed to be an eight-day mission stretched out for more

AI offers significant benefits to science. Researchers have used specialised AI models to solve scientific problems for many years. And generative AI models such as ChatGPT offer the promise of general-purpose AI scientific assistants that can carry out a range of tasks, working collaboratively with the scientist.

Scientists took 10 years to figure out how one type of superbug gains its ability to infect diverse bacterial species. When prompted, Google's new AI "co-scientist" gave them the answer in two days.

The combination of DeSci and AI could transform scientific research, challenging traditional funding, publishing and collaboration models.

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas. But new

Now, Google is also launching a similar initiative, which aims to turn AI into a co-scientist that can accelerate scientific discoveries. The tech giant explains, "The AI co-scientist is a multi-agent AI system that is intended to function as a collaborative tool for scientists."

These tools and technologies allow historians, archivists, and museum professionals to build on earlier advances in historical research. The Smithsonian American Women's History Museum's Discoverability Lab is a launchpad for accelerating these new approaches and sharing exciting discoveries about women's history in America with the public.

The Chinese state foundation in charge of allocating funds for basic research said artificial intelligence (AI) development should not be "mere competition of computing power", a conclusion it reached after gathering experts to discuss the impact of DeepSeek's models.