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The maths meme that has been distracting mathematicians for a century
A seemingly simple set of rules kicks off a kind of mathematical magic trick, which has kept great minds busy since the 1930s. Columnist Jacob Aron explores the origins of the Collatz conjecture, why it is so addictive …
Scientists are seriously asking if bees and ChatGPT are conscious
New studies suggest consciousness can't be judged solely by behavior, whether it's a chatbot discussing philosophy or a bee searching for nectar. Researchers are increasingly focusing on the internal mechanisms of brain…
New Velociraptor cousin was a '4-winged' dragon that hunted prey from the trees of ancient China, fossil find hints
A new microraptor from Cretaceous China likely preyed on ancient birds.
NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project brought together its full team of Advanced Composites Consortium partners for a 2026 spring rev…
After being notified by mischievous high school students, archaeologists uncovered a large and luxurious second-century Roman house near the Colosseum.
Remote work is making Americans lonelier and sadder, new study suggests Remote and hybrid work can have benefits, but a study involving more than 588,000 peop…
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Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active …
JWST found a black hole hiding in a galaxy more than 10 billion light-years away from Earth, and used a cosmic magnifying glass to determine its mass.
Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems—despite not being trained to do so Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new …
The oldest hominin footprints ever found are at risk of destruction, researchers warn A new investigation alleges that official organizations in Tanzania have…
Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is permanent or inevitable
The Majorana 2 quantum processor is built from topological qubits, and its creators claim it can sustain quantum coherence for an average of 20 seconds — order…
A flesh-eating New World screwworm was just found in a Texas cow—here’s what to know This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock si…
Radio astronomers have decoded a peculiar repeating radio signal from deep space, tracing it to a vampiric binary star system.
