Chatbots may make learning feel easy — but it’s superficial
People who use search engines develop deeper knowledge and are more invested in what they learn than those relying on AI chatbots, a study reports.
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Funding chaos may unravel decades of biomedical research
Battles between the Trump administration and academic institutions are putting important biomedical advances in limbo.
Suited Up for Science: NASA ER-2 Pilot Prepares for GEMx Flight
NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, moments before boarding NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research
A gulf separating Africa and Asia is still pulling apart — 5 million years after scientists thought it had stopped
The Arabian and African tectonic plates failed to pull apart 28 million years ago at the Gulf of Suez, but the area hasn’t stopped rifting.
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The more that people use AI, the more likely they are to overestimate their own abilities
Researchers found that AI flattens the bell curve of a common principle in human psychology, known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, giving us all the illusion
John Kerry Says Climate Change Is An ‘Existential’ Crisis
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry tells NPR that the U.S., China and other major emitters aren’t doing enough to stem climate change.; Credit:
This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide
Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.
Extreme bloom of toxic algae swirls in Nevada’s ‘Pyramid Lake’ — Earth from space
A 2024 satellite photo shows an unusually active bloom of toxic cyanobacteria swirling in the water of Nevada’s Pyramid Lake. Research suggests that the algae
‘Extremely rare’ Paleolithic figurine found in Israel depicts a goose attempting to mate with a woman
A tiny figurine depicting a goose mounting a woman reveals early evidence of animistic belief in southwest Asia.
Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleagues
The Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China’s Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to Earth in the wrong spacecraft.
Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens
For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. (Image credit: Joachim
China’s astronauts land safely after space debris collision
Three Chinese astronauts are back on earth after they had to prolong their stay in outer space due to space debris hitting their spacecraft.
‘Sophisticated’ Bronze Age city unearthed in Kazakhstan ‘transforms our understanding of steppe societies’
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered the “City of Seven Ravines,” a vast Bronze Age “proto-city” with metalworking, dwellings and a large building.