We all eat things we may not particularly love for the sake of our health. In most cases, this involves incorporating more veggies into our diet or swapping in a better ingredient for a less […]
iStockphoto MIT scientists have developed tiny, flying robot insects that are more agile and durable than ever in the hopes of someday using them for pollination. These newly designed robot insects can fly for up […]
iStockphoto Making a hard-boiled egg is a seemingly straightforward process that can nonetheless be surprisingly tricky to master. However, scientists in Italy believe they’ve figured out the ideal method to make them perfectly every single […]
iStockphoto Scientists at Google DeepMind and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) are trying to figure out how to determine if artificial intelligence (AI) systems have become sentient by using pain and […]
iStockphoto Scientists are very concerned about artificial intelligence (AI) because frontier AI systems have surpassed what they are calling “the self-replicating red line.” The scientists say that such an advancement “is an early signal for […]
iStockphoto The Sydney funnel-web spider is the most venomous in the world. This scientists already knew since it has 13 people have been reported to have been killed by it. What some Australian scientists didn’t […]
What if the secret to slowing down aging was hiding in our brains? A groundbreaking study by researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, published in Nature in January 2025, may have […]
iStockphoto Scientists are predicting an undersea volcano known as Axial Seamount, located just off the coast of Oregon, will erupt in 2025. Axial is the most active submarine volcano in the northeast Pacific Ocean and […]
iStockphoto Dozens of scientists are calling for ban on the creation of “mirror life” microbes used in research because they present an “unprecedented risk” to life on Earth. They believe these microbes could lead to […]
One in ten older Americans are living with dementia, but many cases could be prevented or delayed with certain lifestyle choices, experts say. “With increasing longevity and the aging of the Baby Boom generation, cognitive […]
iStockphoto Scientists have created an electric lollipop that can release “adjustable” flavors to make virtual reality an even more immersive experience. This means that soon you may be able to not only see and hear […]
Getty Image Scientists in China say they have been able to successfully create a converging energy beam weapon. Which, in case you were wondering, is kind of like the Death Star superlaser that destroyed the […]
iStockphoto Welcome to the Land of Oz? That’s what some scientists were left wondering when they discovered what appeared to be a yellow brick road on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Researchers at the […]
iStockphoto Most people are likely familiar with the thought experiment that asserts an unlimited number of monkeys with an unlimited number of typewriters could eventually bang out Shakespeare’s plays, but scientists who took a closer […]
iStockphoto Scientists in the Netherlands recently published a new research paper in which they explain how they are attempting to build synthetic life forms. Recent history is littered with scientists trying to “play God.” Whether […]
iStockphoto The number of times that people have predicted the end of the world, and been wrong, is innumerable. However, people who have predicted how the world will end, well, so far they haven’t missed. […]
Getty Image It’s been close to a century since the last Tasmanian tiger on the planet died in captivity, but a group of scientists believe they have what it takes to bring it back from […]
iStockphoto Scientists have discovered new evidence that it wasn’t just one asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. There were two of them. It has long been thought by scientists that a […]
iStockphoto / Kalawin/sko Marine biologists have known for a long time that certain species of octopus punch fish. Octopus cyanea are a species of octopus that typically live solitary lives except for when they embark […]
iStockphoto / Adrian Wojcik Late last year, a disturbing phenomenon emerged where endangered sawfish in Florida were observed spinning in circles until they died. Field biologists would soon discover the phenomenon was not unique to […]