Could a predecessor to the phonograph have appeared a century earlier?
The reason why elevators feel slow—and the surprising math behind everyday life
From slow elevators to perfectly split pizza, math quietly explains the quirks of everyday life
Ötzi the murdered Iceman’s microbiome is still active
More than 5,300 years after Ötzi’s death, researchers found genetic material from his gut microbiome and identified yeasts that continue to exist despite the mummy being kept below freezing
U.S. science must innovate or die, National Academy of Sciences president says
The past year has been “filled with turmoil” for science, National Academy of Sciences president Marcia McNutt said during her State of the Science address
In a first, scientists transplanted both a pig liver and kidneys into a person who was brain-dead
The transplanted pig organs functioned for 36 hours before showing signs of rejection
Microsoft’s upgraded Majorana quantum computing chip fizzles with physicists
Microsoft’s announcement of a new quantum computing breakthrough with its Majorana 2 chip continues a trend of bold claims followed by scant evidence
Sturgeon fish sex sounds like “thunder”
The sounds could be used to track the health of populations of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon
Trump’s new AI executive order drastically shifts the administration’s stance on the tech
This order asks artificial intelligence companies to give the U.S. government 30 days to assess frontier models before they are released
Trump administration takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network
The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the past decade
Mathematicians sign declaration to rein in AI use
A group of researchers have proposed rules to prevent artificial intelligence from overpowering humans in math