Imagine trying to design a key for a lock that is constantly changing its shape. That is the exact challenge we face in ...

A vaccine usually trains your immune system to recognize one target. Here, the target is basically “anything that doesn’t ...

A new paper suggests that BARSOOM may have been alive on the planet, and was killed in the Viking experiments.

Cellulose, the main strengthening component of wood, is the most abundant polymer on Earth, and is the basis of papermaking.

Discover how to build a fully functional motorized bus from cardboard and everyday household items. This step-by-step guide covers everything from crafting the chassis and wheels using soda cans to ...

As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was ...

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

Before AI agents run amok, a new NIST project is seeking feedback on the secure use of the fast evolving technology.

No body, no dopamine, no problem. Scientists have successfully coached lab-grown brain tissue to solve a classic robotics challenge, proving that the will to learn is hardwired into our neurons.

Another theory held that the forces between two particles falls off exponentially in direct relationship to the distance between two particles and that the factor by which it drops is not dependent on ...

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they ...