2025-09-30

Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

Now that we know what Denisovans looked like, they’re turning up everywhere. [...]

2025-09-30

This browser-based AI wants to kill the worst part of your job

Composite, a startup that turns web browsers into intelligent automation engines, has raised $5.6 million in seed funding to eliminate what its founders call the "digital grunt work" plaguin [...]

2025-09-30

Scientists Made Human Eggs from Skin Cells and Used Them to Form Embryos

The embryos weren’t used to try to establish a pregnancy, but the researchers behind the technique say it could one day be used to address infertility. [...]

2025-09-29

Microplastics Could Be Weakening Your Bones, Research Suggests

The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue. [...]

2025-09-28

What Is Thirst?

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst. [...]

2025-09-28

We risk a deluge of AI-written "science" pushing corporate interests – here’s what to do about it

AI is making it easier than ever to flood academic journals with misleading studies. Guest author David Comerford argues that urgent peer review reform is needed to protect trust in science.<br /&g [...]

2025-09-28

150 million-year-old pterosaur cold case has finally been solved

The storm literally snapped the bones in their wings. [...]

2025-09-27

The current war on science, and who’s behind it

A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book. [...]

2025-09-27

Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

Companies are going to great lengths to protect the infrastructure that provides the backbone of the world’s digital services—by burying their data deep underground. [...]