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Viral infections are on the rise and spreading across the globe.
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After a year of fast advances, deepfakes are entering a new era defined by real-time interaction with people.
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An archaeologist reveals what she learned from sifting through a 200-year-old rat nest recovered from a historic Philadelphia…
Wolves and coyotes feed on similar things – but their diets aren’t identical. A researcher studied predator diets to…
There are several methods for detecting whether a piece of text was written by AI. They all have limitations – and probably…
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US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies…
The Trump administration is rewriting the 80-year-old American social contract for science research.
The delusions of people with thought disorders have had consistent themes of persecution for decades. But new technology…
It was once believed that mice had relatively poor vision. Turns out mice are far from blind – and studying how their…