Category: Science

Removing safety guardrails that stop artificial intelligence (AI) from claiming that it’s conscious also makes it more prone to express belief in vampires, karma and

Some math problems continue to haunt researchers long after they’ve been solved. A proof emerges, is even celebrated, and yet dissatisfaction lingers. Perhaps the argument

Paleontologist Riley Black’s latest book explores how this misunderstood carnivore might have lived.

In the movie Whalefall, a sperm whale accidentally swallows a scuba diver. It’s technically possible, but unlikely to play out in real life.

Burning Up As the planet warms, our environment will be transformed, but so will our bodies. In this series, we investigate the health impacts of

A family photo album can reflect how physical traits, such as blue eyes or lanky limbs, have been passed down — but a new analysis

Mercury, which is about one-third the size of Earth, may have shrunk more in its evolution than scientists originally thought. A new study suggests that

The Canon RF 20mm f/1.4L VCM is an intriguing lens for photographers who want a wide field of view without sacrificing aperture. Its f/1.4 maximum

There may be no better month to get outside and look at the stars than September, when warm evenings meet rapidly lengthening nights, the Milky

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This year’s Lasker Awards — coveted prizes for biomedical research that are sometimes called “America’s Nobel Prizes” — have gone to scientists behind fundamental discoveries

Abnormally high temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau triggered two catastrophic rainfall events halfway around the world in California and nearby states in early 2017 and

Astronomers just dropped a video 27 years in the making: the highest-definition animation of a gargantuan black hole jet blasting out of a distant galaxy