"OpenAI released GPT-5.1 this week, an update to the flagship model it released in August. OpenAI calls it an 'upgrade' to GPT-5 that 'makes ChatGPT smarter and more enjoyable to talk to.' The new models include GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking. The former is 'warmer, more intelligent, and better at following your instructions' than its predecessor, per an OpenAI release, and the latter is 'now easier to understand and faster on simple tasks, and more persistent on complex ones.' Queries will, in most cases, be auto-matched to the models that may best be able to answer them." |
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"Science is all around. Phenomenal Moments: Revealing the Hidden Science Around Us is a joyful invitation to discover just how amazing our world is. Organized into five thematic sections, the book turns learning about science into a guessing game. Detailed photographs like the ones below taken by MIT researcher and science photographer Felice Frankel challenge readers to deduce the underlying chemical, natural, or physical processes at play. Then, with a turn of the page, the scientific explanation is revealed." |
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"There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have advanced their breakthrough theory — and it could help us design materials that can respond to the environment and change color on demand. University of Colorado Boulder researchers have closed the gap between math and biology, moving from a neat physics simulation of their animal-pattern theory to something that explains how those crisp yet imperfect designs actually arise in nature. 'Imperfections are everywhere in nature... We proposed a simple idea that can explain how cells assemble to create these variations.'" |
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There's something strangely soothing about a place where you can buy avocados, air fryers, and a kayak in one trip. Costco is built for people who appreciate the beauty of abundance and the art of a good deal. The free samples are a bonus, but the real reward is knowing you've outsmarted the system and got all your goods and groceries on budget. Treat yourself to a $1.50 hot dog combo and get a $40 Digital Costco Shop Card* for joining — consider it your reward for being a responsible adult in an irresponsible world. [Ad] |
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"Doctor Who has plenty of iconic monster designs — even if many of them still largely exist in the shadows of its two most iconic, the Daleks and the Cybermen. But one stalwart has slinked around in the shadows of the sea, even behind those lower tiers of recognizable foes… and later this year they might finally try stepping into the spotlight for good." |
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