A guide to converting your lawn into a wildlife friendly garden
Turning your grass into a garden isn’t as complicated as you think, but it will take time and effort. This step-by-step guide breaks down the
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How can we prevent AI models from cannibalizing themselves when human-generated data runs out? Scientists say they’ve found the answer.
Researchers have found that introducing human-made data into AI training can help to prevent AI model collapse.
‘The system is likely to reach a breaking point’: Major Italian volcano is speeding toward a transition, and a major eruption could be on the way
Campi Flegrei, a volcanic caldera near Naples, is speeding toward a transition, a new study suggests, but there are still a lot of questions as
More young people are getting colorectal cancer — here’s what scientists think might be happening
People 65 and older are seeing their rates of colorectal cancer drop, but younger people are being felled by a rising number of cases.
Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows
Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on “when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal.”
The Appalachian Mountains hold enough lithium to make 500 billion cellphones, researchers discover
Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the ancient Appalachians mountain system holds 2.5 million tons of the critical element lithium.
China installs world’s largest floating wind turbine in deep water test — it generates enough energy to power 4,200 homes annually
Three Gorges Pilot, a 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine, marks a major step for deep-water renewable energy and the future of floating wind farms.
An ancient moonpocalypse may explain Neptune’s odd moon Nereid
Neptune’s oddball moon Nereid may be the sole remnant of an earlier system, formed near the planet rather than being pulled in from afar.
‘Morbid’ doesn’t want you to fall for antiaging hype
Scientist Saul Justine Newman debunks high-profile longevity research and antiaging “medicine” in a new book.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO plans reveal blockbuster spending on rockets and AI
The company is on track to pull off the largest IPO in history — making CEO Elon Musk even wealthier. (Image credit: Joe Raedle)
Bees have coexisted with us for over a millennium. Their name remains a mystery
Its name is short — like its size — but the bee is one of Earth’s most important and busy creatures. (Image credit: Alan Nakkash
Wheels Up for X-59
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies over the Mojave Desert in California on April 14, 2026.
Two Researchers Are Rebuilding Mathematics From the Ground Up
Let’s start with what’s probably the most tired, overused joke in math: A topologist is someone who can’t tell a coffee cup from a doughnut.
How Alexander Grothendieck Revolutionized 20th-Century Mathematics
What Albert Einstein was to 20th-century physics, Alexander Grothendieck was to 20th-century mathematics. He is much less well known because math gets technical even more