Quick Reads

A new study in "PLOS One" documents beluga whales Natasha and Maris exhibiting mirror self-recognition (MSR) behavior, marking the first…

Early AI jailbreaks were surprisingly simple, using basic psychological tricks like "ignore all previous instructions" or roleplaying scenarios (e.g., the…

Orbit Robotics has developed Helios, a four-armed robot for space stations that uses two arms for anchoring and two for…

A Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the Icarus project's satellite into orbit, with confirmation of its correct orbit and communication…

A new technique exploits deliberate motion in LiDAR sensors to reconstruct hidden objects by analyzing how light patterns change as…

A three-minute video game where players collect apples can diagnose clinical depression by detecting anhedonia, as depressed players switch trees…

The James Webb Space Telescope has mapped the atmosphere of the tidally locked exoplanet WASP-94A b, revealing a dynamic climate…

NASA's Psyche spacecraft, launched in October 2023, used a close Mars flyby (within 2,864 miles) to gain a 1,000-mile-per-hour speed…

OpenAI’s latest reasoning model has generated an original mathematical proof disproving a long-standing geometry conjecture first posed by Paul Erdős…

Colossal has developed an artificial eggshell that allows bird embryos to develop fully outside a natural shell, with healthy chicks…

Nearly half of all English-language articles published online are now classified as primarily AI-generated, with the share rising sharply after…

Two new AI systems, Google's Co-Scientist and FutureHouse's tool, aim to assist scientists by forming and testing hypotheses, primarily in…

Archaeologists identified a Pompeii victim from the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption as likely a Roman doctor, using CT scans…

Jan Janisch-Hanzlik, whose multiple sclerosis had severely deteriorated her independence, persistently contacted the University of Nebraska Medical Center until she…

In Gaza, where construction supplies have vanished due to the Israeli blockade and bombardment, Suleiman Abu Hassanin's project "Green Rock"…

Manoush Zomorodi's new book "Body Electric" examines the physical toll of digital life, building on her previous work about mental…

Coal generates high carbon emissions and toxic byproducts, while a new study shows its aerosols reduce solar panel output by…

Cement production accounts for 8% of global CO₂ emissions, with direct process emissions from limestone conversion exceeding those from fuel…

Casimir Inc. has emerged from stealth with venture capital funding to develop a "free energy" device that claims to extract…

Common vaccinations for flu, shingles, Tdap, and other diseases are associated with a reduced risk of dementia, with the shingles…