Models, by definition, are approximations: useful, informative, and inevitably incomplete, because they are the only way to simplify a world too complex to grasp all at once. A new study on nitrous ...

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A U.K. startup aiming to use AI to discover new chemicals and materials has signed up two “godfathers of AI,” as well as a ...

People have always looked for patterns to explain the universe and to predict the future. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” is an adage predicting the weather.

Whether a smartphone battery lasts longer or a new drug can be developed to treat incurable diseases depends on how stably ...