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Interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be fun and sometimes useful, but the next level of everyday AI goes beyond answering questions: AI agents carry out tasks for you.

Major technology companies, including OpenAI[1], Microsoft[2], Google[3] and Salesforce[4], have recently released or announced plans to develop and release AI agents....

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The recent spate of unidentified drone sightings in the U.S., including some near sensitive locations such as airports[1] and military installations[2], has caused significant public concern.

Some of this recent increase in activity may be related to a September 2023 change in U.S. Federal Aviation Administration regulations that now allow drone...

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Medical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times[1], but the experience is likely as old as winemaking – something like 10,000 years[2]. As chemists[3] specializing in winemaking[4], we wanted to try to figure out the source of these headaches.

Many components of red wine have been accused of causing this misery – sulfites...

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Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins[1] with health and vitality, while others see them as a philosophical reminder of the duality of life and death, good and evil. Some famous twins are credited with the birth of nations[2], others are described as deities[3].

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