2025-10-20

9 weekday habits to keep your mind sharp

Sharpen your focus and beat weekday brain fog with these nine simple, science-backed habits designed to fit your busy schedule [...]

2025-10-19

Two Rare Comets Will Appear Soon. Here's How to See Them

The SWAN comet will return in around 700 years, while the Lemmon comet will take 1,300 years to come back. [...]

2025-10-19

The teacher is the new engineer: Inside the rise of AI enablement and PromptOps

As more companies quickly begin using gen AI, it’s important to avoid a big mistake that could impact its effectiveness: Proper onboarding. Companies spend time and money training new human workers [...]

2025-10-18

Science fiction sold us “good” AI – now it’s shaping how we treat real AI

By filling our minds with loyal droids and wise computers, has sci-fi set us up to misunderstand the messy truth of AI? [...]

2025-10-17

OpenAI builds 'AI for Science' team to advance computational discovery

OpenAI is expanding its research efforts with a new program called OpenAI for Science, created to develop AI systems that can support scientific reasoning and speed up discoveries in physics and mathe [...]

2025-10-17

Lead poisoning has been a feature of our evolution

A recent study found lead in teeth from 2 million-year-old hominin fossils. [...]

2025-10-17

How to See Comet Lemmon This October

This long-duration comet will make its closest approach to Earth this fall, before disappearing into the outer solar system for another 1,000 years. [...]

2025-10-17

SpaceX's Starshield satellites are reportedly transmitting signals on unauthorized frequencies

SpaceX may be violating international telecommunication standards by allowing its Starshield satellites to transmit to Earth on frequencies it's not supposed to use, NPR reports. Starshield is a [...]

2025-10-17

Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids

Ars chats with co-authors Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal about their delightful new children's book. [...]