JWST Spots Giant Spiral Galaxy Shockingly Early in Cosmic History
Nicknamed the “Big Wheel,” a giant, spiral-shaped disk galaxy was spotted in an unusually crowded part of the early universe just two billion years after the big bang
This More Than 380-Year-Old Trick Can Crack Some Modern Encryption
Bacterial Vaginosis Sometimes Acts like an STI
Why People Feel ‘Tired but Wired’ after Little Sleep
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Where AI Is Now: Smaller, Better, Cheaper Models
Trump’s Cornell Funding Freeze Could Make U.S. Troops Less Safe
Trump Orders Protect Aging, Polluting Coal Plants and Allow More Mining
Ending Federal Research into Workplace Safety Is Dangerous
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Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll
Building Intelligent Machines Helps Us Learn How Our Brain Works
God Chatbots Offer Spiritual Insights on Demand. What Could Go Wrong?
Will Machines Ever Become Conscious?
Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
American Lifespans, Monkeys That Yodel, Measles, and More
Losing USAID’s Public Health Programs Imperils the World
Unpacking the Mystery of Squirting: What Science Really Says
Shark Sounds, Molecules on Mars and Continued Federal Cuts
Quantum Physics Is on the Wrong Track, Says Breakthrough Prize Winner Gerard ’t Hooft
After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his legacy and the future of physics
Scientists Identify a Brain Structure That Filters Consciousness
Our conscious awareness may be governed by a structure deep in the brain
Did Scientists Actually De-Extinct the Dire Wolf?
Colossal Bioscience says it has “de-extincted” the dire wolf, but other scientists disagree and say more important conservation science is being lost in all the hype
Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution
Dennis Gaitsgory, Who Proved Part of Math’s Grand Unified Theory, Wins Breakthrough Prize
By solving part of the Langlands program, a mathematical proof that was long thought to be unachievable, Dennis Gaitsgory snags a prestigious Breakthrough Prize
How Many Rogue Planets Roam the Milky Way?
According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history
