Paying researchers to review papers is seen as a potential solution to clearing the peer-reviewing backlog.Credit: UpPiJ/iStock via Getty A preprint platform is paying researchers for reviewing preprints uploaded by other scientists, reigniting debates about whether peer reviewers should be paid. XSci, which launched in September, will reward a reviewer with US$200 if they send
In early October, the artificial-intelligence firm OpenAI posted more than 700 AI-generated mathematical manuscripts on an online public repository. The arguments — if found to be correct after verification — contain an extraordinary trove of new mathematical knowledge. The reaction to these developments from the maths community has ranged from exhilaration to despair. Some researchers
Artificial-intelligence agents can devise a detailed procedure for a robotic arm and test it in a virtual laboratory.Credit: Jiaru Bai & Yuchi Zhao, University of Toronto Laboratory robots are tireless and uncomplaining, but they have narrow skill sets, limited mobility and an inability to get out of each other’s way. Now, a system of artificial-intelligence
Fifteen miles south of Egilsstaðir, Sindri pulls over, his grin suddenly a happy thing compared with the bleak landscape outside the window. “This the place.” Right. Looks no different from half an hour before, but to exit the engagement I return the smile and congratulate the father-to-be. A chatterbox, Sindri’s probably told me more than
Explanation: De Gerlache-Kocher massif looms on the visible horizon in this close-up of the edge of the Moon. The mountainous formation rises about 4 kilometers above its surroundings and is located very close to the lunar south pole. Boasting permanently shadowed crater floors that likely contain deposits of water ice and peaks that receive almost
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