Synthesizing scientific literature with retrieval-augmented language models - Nature A specialized, open-source, retrieval-augmented language model is introduced for answering scientific queries and synthesizing literature, the responses of which are shown to be preferred by human evaluations over expert-written answers.

OpenScholar, an open-source language model that can outperform commercial LLMs in performing accurate literature reviews is presented in Nature. The tool has the potential to help scientists navigate the complex, ever-growing task of scientific literature review:

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Portrait of George Boole with a quote: "No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful."

George Boole, who died #OnThisDay in 1864, was an English mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern computing. Boole developed Boolean algebra, a system of logic that underpins digital circuits and computer science, making today’s digital world possible.

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Traceable random numbers from a non-local quantum advantage - Nature A study demonstrates a public generator of random numbers based on device-independent techniques, with the randomness being fully auditable and traceable.

A random number generator that uses a traceable process based on quantum physics and makes the randomness fully certifiable is presented in Nature this week:

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Out of all the off-by-one errors that infuriate me the most, the debate around when the millennium actually began has to take the cake

According to the US Naval Observatory, it is apparently 1 January 2001, not 1 January 2000.

Source: aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/millennium

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