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

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…

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…

Scientists warn that an intensifying El Niño, combined with long-term warming from fossil fuel combustion, will worsen heatwaves, droughts, and…

A study in Science found that OpenAI's o1-preview LLM outperformed physicians on clinical reasoning tasks using real emergency room records,…

The author describes how her husband's obsession with AI (specifically Claude Code) has created a dynamic where the AI feels…

New research from McGill University indicates that vocal fry, often stereotyped as a female speech trait, is actually more common…

AI coding tools have collapsed the cost of implementation, making building cheaper than planning and inverting the traditional economics of…

Campbell Brown founded Forum AI to address the lack of accuracy in AI models on complex, "high-stakes" topics like geopolitics…

A solar-powered drone with a 236-foot wingspan, converted from the original Solar Impulse 2, set an endurance record during an…