After previewing at I/O 2025 in May, Google is now rolling out the Gemini 2.5 Deep Think mode to AI Ultra subscribers. Google says “Deep Think pushes the frontier of thinking capabilities by leveraging parallel thinking techniques.” This approach enables Gemini to generate many ideas at once and consider them simultaneously, even revising or combining different ideas over time, before …
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A hidden lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet unexpectedly drained more than a decade ago, fracturing the ice surface and forming a large crater — an event only recently uncovered by Earth-observing satellites. The massive ice sheet, located in a remote region of northern Greenland, harbors a subglacial lake that appears to have flooded in 2014, releasing 23.8 billion gallons …
Read More »A ‘vibrant oasis’ of chemical-eating creatures found in the deep Pacific Reuters ‘Communities’ of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean yahoo.com Fields of worms and snowy microbial mats: Deep-sea submersible discovers flourishing ecosystem NBC News Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches Nature Scientists discover a whole new type of ecosystem 30,000 feet deep The Washington Post Source …
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The Sun powers almost all life on Earth, but chemosynthetic life is the fascinating exception. These organisms find fuel in chemical reactions, allowing them to flourish in places where the Sun doesn’t shine—like the deep sea. Now, scientists have discovered chemosynthetic animals, such as foot-long tubeworms and mollusks, nearly six miles beneath the ocean surface, deeper than these ecosystems have …
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Jinger Duggar Vuolo and husband Jeremy Vuolo are going strong as they approach their ninth wedding anniversary in November, but their relationship hasn’t been all sunshine and roses. On a Wednesday, July 30 installment of their The Jinger & Jeremy Podcast, the parents of three – who welcomed Felicity, 6, Evangeline, 4, and Finn, 4 months, together – reflected on …
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The American Medical Association is expressing “deep concern” after a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy may be planning to remove all members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The task force, also known as the USPSTF, is a panel of independent medical experts whose recommendations help guide insurance companies and doctors’ decisions about a range of …
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An extraordinary set of dinosaur footprints discovered at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada has revealed the first evidence of mixed-species herding behaviour in the area. The fossilised footprints were uncovered in July 2024 at the UNESCO World Heritage Site, a rugged landscape made famous by its fossil-rich deposits. Yet, despite the incredible abundance of skeletal remains, dinosaur footprints and …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Chinese scientists have developed a technology to convert lunar soil into fuel and oxygen, aiding space exploration. 🌕 The technology uses a photothermal strategy to extract water from lunar soil and transform CO2 into usable resources. 🔍 Challenges include overcoming the inconsistent composition of lunar soil and extreme environmental conditions on the moon. 🌌 This breakthrough …
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In the past, making LLMs better at math would involve reinforcement learning with final answers. Luong explained to Ars that models trained in this way can get to the correct answer, but they have “incomplete reasoning,” and part of the IMO grading is based on showing your work. To prepare Deep Think for the IMO, Google used new reinforcement learning …
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Two high-profile conservative figures ignited backlash this week after sharing viral posts promoting unfounded and conspiratorial claims — one invoking government betrayal, the other end-times prophecy. On Friday, Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who now serves as Director of National Intelligence under Donald Trump, accused former President Barack Obama of leading a coordinated “coup” to undermine Trump’s 2016 win. “This was …
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