疟疾反击战
人类尽一己之力创造了人工智能——从思维结构上模仿人类本身，甚至从物质结构上来仿生人类本身。而这种硅基的智能，在计算量、存储量、信息的传输量上都有着先天的优越性，远远比人类大脑强大。那么，它会弥补人类智能的短板，让人类实现超越吗？还是最后作为一种进化的结果，不可逆转地取代人类，正如几百万年前直立人取代南方古猿、几十万年前智人取代直立人一样？
科幻小说:InMi 世界的入侵者
“Invasion, invasion!” A chemical siren blares. We Scouts all sense its urgency. An enemy has breached the gates and launched an attack on our vast world of InMi.
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How to stand out in a science competition
Welcome to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest science competition for high school students. Out of the tens of millions of students who enter science fairs around the world each year, just 1,800 qualify to participate in this one.
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Catching Ghost Particles: The Story of Neutrinos
Zip! Zing! Right now, teeny tiny paricles are pelting your body. Every second, one hundred trillion of them zoom through you. But they don’t hur. In fact, they usually don’t disturb even a single atom or molecule on the way through. These paricles can pass through all of planet Earh without hitting anything!
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Watching the Earth: How Do Scientists Gather Information About Our Planet?
What would you think if you sailed into a vast area of ocean that glowed in the dark with pale white light? One sea captain, Raphael Semmes, was traveling along the Horn of Africa in 1864 when he encountered this phenomenon. “We suddenly passed from the deep blue water in which we had been sailing, into a patch of water so white that it startled me,” he wrote.
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Rebuilding the Body: The Future of Brain-Controlled Prosthetics
As a teenager, Hugh Herr got lost during a blizzard on a mountain. He surived the ordeal but was gravely injured. “Both of my legs were amputated just below the knee due to tissue damage from frostbite,” he explained in a 2020 talk. As he adjusted to his new body, he said, “I began to imagine a world with such advanced technology that disability is no more.”
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