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Can AI Music Ever Feel Human? The Answer Goes beyond the Sound
Can AI Music Ever Feel Human? It’s Not Just about the Sound A personal experiment with the artificial intelligence music platform Suno’s latest model echoes a new preprint study. Most listeners can’t tell AI music from the real thing, but emotional resonance still demands a human story By Deni Ellis Béchard edited by Clara Moskowitz…
Andrew should answer Epstein questions in US, Democrats say
Members of a US congressional committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case have intensified their calls for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to answer questions about his links to the late sex offender. King Charles stripped his brother of his “prince” title on Thursday, following months of pressure over Andrew’s ties to Epstein. Andrew has always denied wrongdoing.…
What Is a Quasar? The Answer Depends on Your Point of View
The UniverseFridays When a Galaxy Erupts, What We See Depends on How We See It Voracious supermassive black holes light up the cores of “active” galaxies across the universe. How we see them, however, is a matter of perspective By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings A black hole-powered jet of subatomic particles erupts from…
Is There Life on Mars? This Rock May Hold the Answer
This Rock May Hold Proof of Life on Mars The Perseverance rover’s new findings set the stage for bringing Martian samples back to Earth to test whether microbes once inhabited the Red Planet By Humberto Basilio edited by Lee Billings NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie, made up of 62 individual images, on July…
Global Birth Rates Are Falling, but the Answer Isn’t to Have More Babies
What Falling Global Birth Rates Really Mean for the Future Steep population declines in most countries are expected to have negative effects over the next several generations, but adaptation is possible By Lynne Peeples & Nature magazine Nakayokawa Elementary School, closed three years ago, is seen in the remote village of Yokawa on February 29,…
Should you buy it? If you answer ‘yes’ to these questions, probably not
By Marielle Segarra , Malaka Gharib Many of us know the old adage to save money: Buy what you need, not what you want. But even when money is tight, it’s a hard rule to follow. It’s OK to buy what you want every now and then, but the key is to be intentional, says…
What if I’m missing a form? Attorneys answer tax questions from NPR’s audience
By Marielle Segarra , Malaka Gharib For many people, filing taxes to the Internal Revenue Service is a befuddling process. There’s a lot of jargon. The forms can be confusing to fill out. And there can be financial and legal penalties if you make a mistake. That’s why New York-based tax attorneys Hana Boruchov and…
MPs urge checks as Shein refuses to answer questions
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has been asked what checks are in place to vet firms after fast-fashion retailer Shein refused to answer “basic questions” over its supply chain. Liam Byrne, chair of the Business and Trade Committee, wrote to Dame Julia Hoggett asking if the stock market had tests in place to “authenticate statements”…
Automatic voter registration may be an answer to UK’s troubling turnout gap
Experts say evidence from abroad shows AVR is effective – and it’s one of several proposals to try to boost voting A healthy democracy depends on people participating in it. In the UK, the proportion of people doing so is falling. Voter turnout in general elections stayed above 70% from 1945 through to 1997, hitting…
Hydropower Was Ecuador’s Answer to Climate Change. Until the Drought Hit.
An extraordinary drought has drained Ecuador’s rivers and reservoirs, leading to power outages of up to 14 hours. Some fear this is the beginning of a larger global crisis. An extraordinary drought has drained Ecuador’s rivers and reservoirs, leading to power outages of up to 14 hours. Some fear this is the beginning of a…