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New Google DeepMind atlas could transform our understan...

AlphaGenome Atlas predicts the effect of any single change in the fundamental st...

AI may have just solved a million-dollar math problem. ...

A mathematician compared the feat to the history-making chess competition in whi...

Do birds enjoy flying? Scientists asked cockatoos

Flying leads to positive emotions and optimism in Galahs

Bosses are using AI to spy on employees' productivity—d...

Assisted by AI, companies have more options than ever to track employees, minute...

Why music is a powerful tool to quiet stress in the brain

Music doesn’t just mask stress, it guides our brain back to a calm state

Nature may have a preferred tempo

From flashing fireflies to human music, many biological rhythms appear to conver...

How introverted or extroverted you are may influence ho...

How people interact with their inner and outer worlds may shape how they approac...

Does the U.S. need more spaceports?

A new executive order calls for more than 1,000 U.S. rocket launches per year by...

These smart bricks know what object they make up

Collectively intelligent bricks figure out if they’re in a boat, chair or guitar

What archaeology reveals about the rise of all-powerful...

Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations. But when riches were there t...

Mathematicians discover the worst way to hang a painting

New solutions found to picture-hanging problems

New brain scan tool could help treat Huntington’s disea...

Huntington’s disease is an inherited condition that gradually robs people of the...

2026 Ig Nobels honor cockroach milk, interspecies kissi...

The silliest science awards of the year are here, but the Ig Nobels aren’t just ...

Geometry Reveals the Tricks behind Gerrymandering

Some voting districts are tilted intentionally toward one party or another—a fac...

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