Long before Siri or ChatGPT, there was ELIZA: a simple yet revolutionary program from the 1960s.

Researchers on fieldwork in Tempelfjorden in August 2020. Photo: Richard Hann / NTNU. On a frozen landscape in Svalbard, Norway,...

This virus infects roughly two-thirds of the global population under 50.

Through the efforts of one remarkable man, an old tradition of Polynesian navigation was revived.

They say a reader does not steal and a thief does not read. In the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, that's...

Teens are calling for stronger digital protections, not fewer freedoms.

This isn’t your average battlefield weapon.

Hospitals might be unknowingly feeding their worst microbial enemies.

These aren't the first bacteria to be discovered in space but they are particularly well-adapted for space station life.

The waves that shook the world 115 million years ago left behind an amber trail.

Overwork is altering brain regions tied to emotion and decision-making.

Avoiding tears when cutting onions may be as simple as checking your knife.

Did the Chinese create the first star charts?

Ramisyllis multicaudata challenges the very idea of a body.

Grassroots social and economic engines that brought even slaves into civic life.

It's one of the weirdest pledges you'll ever come across.

We weren't sure at first, but Iceland is showing that the shorter workweek works.

Regardless of the context Grok, it seems, is being used to actively push a topic onto its users.

Barbie's feet are changing from heels to flats, and it says a lot about our society.

A new bioengineered ink dramatically boosts coral larvae settlement.

Chimpanzees don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too.

Evolution went strong in this one.

It’s a small study, but it could change everything for neurodegenerative diseases.

Science doesn't just happen in labs—it unfolds under Arctic skies, in frog-filled forests, and atop misty mountains.

As AI systems grow more autonomous, we should start treating them like moral agents.

Aztecs weren’t just warriors and priests, they were savvy traders.

This study is about chimps. But in a way, it's also about us.

Junk food ads math: 5 minutes equals 130 more kilocalories per day.

Researchers at CERN have managed to knock enough protons off lead atoms to make gold.

Flowers keep making the same mutation time and time again.

A Carboniferous beast is showing its face.

Climate related problems, from storms to health issues, are causing a wave of change in the insurance industry.

From whales to soil microbes, our planet’s living systems are fraying in silence.

Land subsidence driven by groundwater overuse is putting millions at risk.

Conducting electricity as a lifestyle.

A tiny zircon crystal might just be one of the oldest Earth relics ever found.

As the world ages, high blood sugar has emerged as a leading risk factor in developing dementia.

Billions of years ago, this uranium went a bit crazy.

If you use a lot of emojis, you'll want to read this.

Many traits we learn as 'genetic facts' are more folklore than fact.

Forget electricity — this new AI chip from Penn learns using light.

High in the Peruvian Andes, archaeologists uncovered snuff tubes containing traces of hallucinogens.

Researchers used over 700 ancient Chinese poems to trace 1,400 years of ecological change

Do you agree with this approach?

North Korean IT operatives are gaming the global job market. This simple question has them beat.

A ghost from time past is about to return to Earth. But it won't be smooth.

Denmark hopes to pass a law prohibiting publishing deepfakes without the subject's consent.

Ice Age humans mastered fire with astonishing precision.

The revelation has sparked outrage across the internet.

At a beach in England, soda tabs, zippers, and plastic waste are turning into rock before our eyes.