Researchers use machine learning to find chemical proof of life on a 3.3 billion-year-old rock formation in South Africa.

They built four models through which it could distinguish things with biological antecedents from things which lacked them.

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It’s wild to think that a math puzzle from the 1200s is now helping power AI, encryption, and the digital world we live in.

Using AI and advanced chemistry, scientists uncovered 3.3-billion-year-old chemical traces that mark the earliest evidence of ...

A team of researchers has used artificial intelligence to restore a 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn inscribed on cuneiform ...

New study reveals tiny chemical clues in ancient rocks, showing that early life and early photosynthesis appeared much earlier than thought.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

A new study uncovered fresh chemical evidence of life in rocks more than 3.3 billion years old, along with molecular traces showing that oxygen-producing photosynthesis emerged nearly a billion years ...

Scientists have developed a new way to hunt for hidden signals of past life, and say it could assist in the search for ...