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What if the Secret to Sustainable Cities Was Buried in Roman Cement?

Is Roman concrete more sustainable? It's complicated.

The 400-Year-Old, Million-Dollar Map That Put China at the Center of the World

In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big task for his scholars: a map that would depict the entire world. The results was a monumental map that would forever change China’s understanding of its place in the world. Known as the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (坤輿萬國全圖), or A Map of the Myriad […]

What If We Built Our Skyscrapers from Wood? It's Just Crazy Enough to Work (And Good for the Planet)

Forget concrete and steel. The real future is wood.

A New AI Can Spot You by How Your Body Bends a Wi-Fi Signal

You don’t need a phone or camera to be tracked anymore: just wi-fi.

7,000 Steps a Day Keep the Doctor Away

Just 7,000 steps a day may lower your risk of death, dementia, and depression.

Scientists transform flossing into needle-free vaccine

In the not-too-distant future, your dentist might do more than remind you to floss—they might vaccinate you, too.

Living Tattoos Could Transform Buildings Into Air-Cleaning, Self-Healing Organisms

Microbial inks may soon give buildings the power to breathe, heal, and fight pollution.

This Ancient Greek City Was Swallowed by the Sea—and Yet Refused to Die

A 3,000-year record of resilience, adaptation, and seismic survival

Low testosterone isn't killing your libido. Sugar is

Small increases in blood sugar can affect sperm and sex, even without diabetes

There might be an anti-aging secret hiding in magic mushrooms

Psilocybin extends cell life, and preserves aging DNA structures.

This Strange Material Flips Between Conductor and Insulator and This Could Supercharge Computers by 1,000 Times

New material phase could lead to computers that run 1,000 times faster

This Bionic Knee Plugs Into Your Bones and Nerves, and Feels Just Like A Real Body Part

No straps, no sockets: MIT team created a true bionic knee and successfully tested it on humans.

These Wild Tomatoes Are Reversing Millions of Years of Evolution

Galápagos tomatoes resurrect ancient defenses, challenging assumptions about evolution's one-way path.

Doctors Restored Hearing in Children and Adults With a Single Shot

A one-time injection helped some patients hear for the first time in their lives

Newborns Feel Pain Long Before They Can Understand It

Tiny brains register pain early, but lack the networks to interpret or respond to it

Cheese Before Bed Might Actually Be Giving You Nightmares

Eating dairy or sweets late at night may fuel disturbing dreams, new study finds.

Scientists Just Proved Ancient Humans Were in North America 10,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought

Ancient mud tells a story critics can no longer ignore

Swarms of tiny robots could go up your nose, melt the mucus and clean your sinuses

The "search-and-destroy” microrobot system can chemically shred the resident bacterial biofilm.

Researchers just got a group of bacteria to produce Paracetamol from plastic

What if the empty water bottle in your recycling bin could one day relieve your headache?

Korean researchers used carbon nanotubes to build a motor that's five times lighter

Scientists just gave the electric motor a sci-fi upgrade.

China's New Mosquito Drone Could Probably Slip Through Windows and Spy Undetected

If the military is happy to show this, what other things are they covertly working on?

Scientists Discover a Way to Store Data in Ice Using Only Air Bubbles

Scientists see the potential in using ice for long term data storage.

Elon Musk says he wants to "fix" Grok after the AI disagrees with him

Grok exposed inconvenient facts. Now Musk says he’s “fixing” his AI to obey him.

Scientists Detect Light Traversing the Entire Human Head—Opening a Window to the Brain’s Deepest Regions

Researchers are challenging the limits of optical brain imaging.

Stanford's New Rice-Sized Device Destroys Clots Where Other Treatments Fail

Forget brute force—Stanford engineers are using finesse to tackle deadly clots.

Climate Change Unleashed a Hidden Wave That Triggered a Planetary Tremor

The Earth was trembling every 90 seconds. Now, we know why.

The World’s Largest Sand Battery Just Went Online in Finland. It could change renewable energy

This sand battery system can store 1,000 megawatt-hours of heat for weeks at a time.

This new blood test could find cancerous tumors three years before any symptoms

Imagine catching cancer before symptoms even appear. New research shows we’re closer than ever.

DARPA Just Beamed Power Over 5 Miles Using Lasers and Used It To Make Popcorn

A record-breaking laser beam could redefine how we send power to the world's hardest places.

Scientists Turn Timber Into SuperWood: 50% Stronger Than Steel and 90% More Environmentally Friendly

This isn’t your average timber.

Big Tech Said It Was Impossible to Create an AI Based on Ethically Sourced Data. These Researchers Proved Them Wrong

A massive AI breakthrough built entirely on public domain and open-licensed data

Lawyers are already citing fake, AI-generated cases and it's becoming a problem

Just in case you're wondering how society is dealing with AI.

Leading AI models sometimes refuse to shut down when ordered

Models trained to solve problems are now learning to survive—even if we tell them not to.

AI slop is way more common than you think. Here's what we know

The odds are you've seen it too.

Scientists Invented a Way to Store Data in Plastic Molecules and It Could Someday Replace Hard Drives

What if your next hard drive wasn’t a box, but a string of molecules? Synthetic polymers promises to revolutionize data storage.

Meet Cavorite X7: An aircraft that can hover like a helicopter and fly like a plane

This unusual hybrid aircraft has sliding panels on its wings that cover hidden electric fans.

AI is quietly changing how we design our work

AI reshapes engineering, from sketches to skyscrapers, promising speed, smarts, and new creations.

Inside the Great Firewall: China’s Relentless Battle to Control the Internet

On the Chinese internet, a river crab isn’t just a crustacean. It’s code. River crab are Internet slang terms created by Chinese netizens in reference to the Internet censorship, or other kinds of censorship in mainland China. They need to do this because the Great Firewall of China censors and regulates everything that is posted […]

Anthropic's new AI model (Claude) will scheme and even blackmail to avoid getting shut down

In a fictional scenario, Claude blackmailed an engineer for having an affair.

France has a new laser rifle that can melt electronics from 500 meters away

This isn’t your average battlefield weapon.

Grok Won’t Shut Up About “White Genocide” Conspiracy Theories — Even When Asked About HBO or Other Random Things

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

Does AI Have Free Will? This Philosopher Thinks So

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

AI Would Obliterate the Nazi's WWII Enigma Code in Minutes—Here's Why That Matters Today

AI cracked a wartime Enigma code in under 13 minutes.

Japan 3D printed a train station. It only took 6 hours

Japan shows the world that 3D printing can save aging infrastructure even with limited labor and money.

This Chip Trains AI Using Only Light — And It’s a Game Changer

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

“How Fat Is Kim Jong Un?” Is Now a Cybersecurity Test

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

This Tiny 3D Printed Material is as Strong as Steel but as Light as Styrofoam

When 3D printing is combined with machine learning, magic happens at the nano scale.

This Solar-Powered Device Sucks CO2 From the Air—and Turns It Into Fuel

Researchers harness sunlight to convert CO2 into sustainable fuel.

This School Was Built from Sugarcane Waste. It Might Change Construction Forever

Bricks made from sugarcane waste have constructed a school in India — and are building new vision for construction.

Plastics that melt in the ocean offer new hope for cleaner seas

One day we can say goodbye to microplastics.

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