Science

Real-world medical questions stump AI chatbots

Subtle shifts in how users described symptoms to AI chatbots led to dramatically...

Evolution didn’t wait long after the dinosaurs died

New plankton arrived just a few millennia — maybe even decades — after the Chic...

A sea turtle boom may be hiding a population collapse

In Cape Verde, conservation has boosted the sea turtle population 100-fold — but...

Crossword: Copy That!

Solve the crossword from our March 2026 issue, in which we work on our code-swit...

This inside-out planetary system has astronomers scratc...

A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting...

A simple shift in schedule could make cancer immunother...

A lung cancer trial bolsters a long-held idea that treatment timing matters, sho...

This baby sling turns sunlight into treatment for newbo...

A student created a low-cost baby carrier that filters sunlight to safely treat ...

Food chains in Caribbean coral reefs are getting shorter

Shorter food chains could mean reefs are less able to weather changes in food av...

A precise proton measurement helps put a core theory of...

After years of confusion, a new study confirms the proton is tinier than once th...

Fossilized vomit reveals 290-million-year-old predator’...

The regurgitated material from before the time of dinosaurs provides a rare wind...

Antibiotics can treat appendicitis for many patients, n...

After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendic...

Earth’s core may hide dozens of oceans of hydrogen

Hydrogen reserves in Earth’s core large enough to supply at least nine oceans ma...

‘Tell Me Where It Hurts’ sets the record straight on pa...

A new book by pain researcher Rachel Zoffness demystifies how pain is made and h...

AI helps archaeologists solve a Roman gaming mystery

Researchers used AI-driven virtual players to test more than 100 rule sets, matc...

Daily cups of caffeinated coffee or mugs of tea may low...

A long-term observational study found a link between the amount of tea and caffe...

The world’s oldest piece of clothing might be an Ice Ag...

Two pieces of elk hide connected by a twisted-fiber cord are the earliest eviden...