Category: Science

One of the central assumptions of modern neuroscience research is that the brain’s shape and structure affect behavior. Scientists have linked a thicker cortex (the

Researchers have unveiled a new “super-efficient” artificial intelligence (AI) model that can generate images by using a network of physical oscillators rather than traditional calculation-based

Science word of the day: Cryptology Pronunciation: Krip-TAH’-leh-jee What it means: Cryptology is the study of secret codes ‪—‬ both making them (cryptography) and breaking

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Lake Skadar, Montenegro and Albania [42.201087364, 19.303135741] What’s in the photo? A giant, milky-green swirl on the lake’s surface Who

Hosted by actor Tom Hiddleston, Pompeii: Out of Time mixes facts and fiction to bring three real ancient Romans to life.

A small study suggests emotional fit, not perfect accuracy, may make chatbot versions of dead loved ones feel real.

Life has scarcely found a boundary on Earth that it can’t push. While much of life’s diversity exists in lush, bountiful habitats like tropical rainforests

On the morning of July 20, 1976, roughly 40 minutes after mission controllers received word that the Viking 1 lander had successfully touched down on

A common culprit behind severe gum disease may also stiffen and narrow the heart’s aortic valve, preliminary research suggests. This may help explain links between

After using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer back toward the beginning of time, astronomers have proposed a radical new explanation for one

Science word of the day: Heliosphere Pronunciation: HEE’-lee-uhs-feer What it means: The heliosphere is the region around the sun that’s affected by the solar wind

Scientists recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls for the first time. Refined, the method could help link prehistoric paintings to their makers.

It’s long been debated what started the 1789 smallpox outbreak that devastated the Indigenous population in Australia. Now, a new modeling study has the likely

The skeleton of a wolf or bat you admire at the natural history museum may look pristine, but it wasn’t always that way ‪—‬ there’s