After decades of hype, directed-energy weapons may offer the U.S. military a cheaper answer to the expensive problem of stopping drones
See how gravitational waves warp time and space
The latest gravitational-wave discoveries include record-breaking cataclysms
Will we ever know how life began?
Scientists disagree on how biology got started and on whether we can ever know for sure
Trump repeals emissions regulations of fossil-fuel power plants
The reversal of a Biden-era cap on emissions from the plants could have devastating effects in efforts to stop climate change
25 winners of math’s ‘Nobel Prize’ decry the AI invasion of their discipline
A new declaration from winners of the Fields Medal reflects many mathematicians’ growing alarm over a “severe misalignment” between the tech industry and their field a week after AI toppled one of math’s biggest open problems
What caused this woman’s hallucinations? Doctors reveal an infestation of brain worms
After months of headaches and visual hallucinations, a woman was finally revealed to have brain cysts filled with tapeworm larvae
25 years after 9/11, AI sparks a math debate as data center pollution concerns grow
As new 9/11 documents emerge, AI transforms math and fuels debates over pollution, power and progress
How our sense of beauty takes shape in the brain
A new study tries to map why humans can experience beauty collectively
How AI can help with early schizophrenia diagnosis
The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists?
Why doing nothing is good for your brain
The case for not filling up every minute of your day