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Scientists had a computer predict earthquakes without telling it what to look for • Nov. 7, 2026, 3:11 AM ET (Earth.com)

New tool shows how humans can learn with AI • Nov. 5, 2026, 10:20 AM ET (Tech Xplore)

New study evaluates quantum machine learning for lung cancer prediction • Nov. 2, 2026, 2:16 PM ET (News-Medical)

Flexible robot arms learn to predict their next move • Oct. 23, 2026, 5:00 PM ET (Tech Xplore)

Machine learning analysis of gene regulation reveals new dimension of biological variability • Oct. 16, 2026, 3:00 AM ET (Phys.org)

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