We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence

Young Adulthood Is No Longer One of Life's Happiest Times

New Linguistics Technique Could Reveal Who Spoke First Indo-European Languages

Professional poker players know the optimal strategy but don't always use it

New Superheavy Element Synthesis Could Soon Add a New Row to the Periodic Table

Game Designers Run Your Life

ChatGPT Isn't 'Hallucinating'–It's Bullshitting – Scientific American

Mangrove trees are on the move, taking the tropics with them

The Mystery of Consciousness Is Deeper Than We Thought

The Biggest Problem in Mathematics Is Finally a Step Closer to Being Solved

What Do Google's AI Answers Cost the Environment?

Terence Tao on proof checkers and AI programs

Chemists finally made a compound containing mysterious element promethium

Supernova Slowdowns Confirm Einstein's Predictions of Time Dilation

Out of sight, 'dark fungi' run the world from the shadows

Ada Lovelace’s 180-Year-Old Notes Foretold the Future of Computation

Longer and Longer Freight Trains Drive Up the Odds of Derailment

Some people with insomnia think they're awake when they're asleep

Surprising supernova scars cover the Earth

How many holes does the universe have?

New earplugs won't amplify the sound of your own voice

The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery

The Sordid History of U.S. Food Safety Highlights the Importance of Regulation

Parents' Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children

The New 'Dream Chaser' Spacecraft Prepares to Visit the ISS

Scrabble and the Nature of Expertise (2015)

Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome

Orcas Just Sank Another Yacht

AI Doesn't Threaten Humanity. Its Owners Do

Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly (2021)

More →