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Microsoft's glass storage can preserve data for 10,000 years
Microsoft created a long-lasting data storage system using glass.
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Microsoft created a long-lasting data storage system using glass.
Baby chickens react like humans to the "bouba-kiki" effect, linking sounds to shapes, suggesting a pre-language trait.
AI agents are advancing rapidly without behavioral standards, reveals MIT's 2025 AI Agent Index. The study of 30 agents finds a lack of safety transparency and over-reliance on a few foundation models, raising concerns about uncontrolled deployment and insufficient evaluation.
Newly hatched chicks, like humans, associate "bouba" with round shapes and "kiki" with spiky ones, showing this "bouba/kiki effect" is not unique to language-using animals.
Trump's science funding cuts are causing a brain drain, with young researchers like Ian Morgan facing stalled careers and many fleeing abroad, threatening US biomedical leadership and the fight against superbugs.