Can math stay human in the age of AI?
As AI churns out mathematical proofs, a DeepMind study raises a bigger question: What do we lose when we focus only on the answers?
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Tiny implants can use the body itself to talk to each other
Researchers made a rat’s front-leg movement trigger its back leg. The experiment could point to a new kind of body-based network to connect implants.
Voyager 1 is nearly one light-day from Earth. What’s out there?
On November 18, Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth. It’s still finding surprises in interstellar space.
To turn invisible, we need to tweak the path light travels
Turning invisible is a handy superpower in fiction — we don’t see you, Sue Storm! — but the technology to make it work in...
A duo goes against the tide to explain an origin of human endurance
Theories that aquatic foraging drove human evolution have a fraught past. But the pair argue it granted stamina that other primates lack.
What happens when you lose your voice?
Losing your voice can feel like losing part of yourself. Can voice-cloning technology help people find themselves again?
Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk
Scientists know APOE4 raises Alzheimer’s risk. A surprising change in blood vessel cells may help explain how.
When climate change brings the heat, what happens to a mighty redwood?
In heat wave-like temperatures, coast redwoods’ photosynthesis slows down, which may put one of Earth’s most efficient carbon storers in jeopardy.
How the Grand Canyon could have lost 1 billion years of geologic history
The rise and fall of a continent-spanning cliff may help explain a mysterious 1-billion-year gap in Earth’s geologic history, a new study suggests.
Here’s a look at the Nobel Prizes for science
An icy window into the cosmos, a light switch for the brain and solving the mystery of mirror image molecules all took home the...
WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean 
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery 
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ 
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool