The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or…
A linguist explains what makes human English human, and why you shouldn’t overdo it with large language models.
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Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints…
Children learn what it means to be a woman or a man early on. How they respond to threats to how well they conform to gender…
Analyzing 20 million recorded mosquito flight paths revealed the mathematical rules behind how these tiny predators move…
From beetles to sustainable packaging – one failure in the lab led to a new line of promising research.
False claims that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer could, ironically, lead to worse cancer outcomes by undermining a…
From World War II to the Apollo era, the space shuttle program and today’s privately developed commercial rockets, the…
Plants changed the atmosphere, built soil and created ecosystems that allowed animals like us to thrive. But first they…
The hunt for a mythicized fossil hot spot took a team of researchers on a journey through the Sahara Desert.
People typically die from progressive supranuclear palsy within 7 to 10 years. There is currently no specialized treatment…
Surveys have found that researchers studying UAPs can face pushback from mentors and colleagues, even from people who think…
In addition to watching out for missile and drone attacks, mariners in conflict zones need to be on guard for GPS spoofing…
As devices get smarter, families and communities bear a heavier burden of technology caregiving for older adults.
Concerns about shortages of interceptor missiles in the conflict between the US and Iran highlight the challenges of defending…
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy aid in weight loss by suppressing appetite. Researchers are looking next at how the…
People and computers perceive the world differently, which can lead AI to make mistakes no human would. Researchers are…
Petrochemicals derived from oil and fossil fuels underlie the production of many consumer goods − and many you wouldn’t…
Anthropic’s Claude is helping the US military choose targets to strike in Iran, but responsibility for the accuracy, strategy…