The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has ...

Obama’s remark fuelled the conspiracy theory claiming that the US government was hiding aliens at Area 51, a highly classified air force site in Nevada.

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

AI such as ChatGPT is giving mental health advise to users. What impact will this have over the long term? Will society be better off or worse off, say 5 years from now?

NASA’s Perseverance rover produced breathable oxygen on Mars on April 20, 2021, marking the first time humans manufactured a ...

A new study suggests that artificial intelligence systems approach strategic decision-making with a higher degree of ...

Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the ...

We found that more than half contained illegal amounts of THC. Some had mold and pesticides. And one contained a highly toxic chemical.

An analysis has emerged suggesting that artificial intelligence (AI), represented by Large Language Models (LLMs), has already reached a level of 'general intelligence' similar to that of humans. The ...

A woman has come forward with startling claims of a late‑night alien encounter. Brisbane-based researcher Sheryl Gottschall ...

Empathy stands as a firewall against bigotry. But it’s more than that — it can also free you from bigotry. Understanding another person’s experience (and imagining if it happened to you) softens our ...