The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has consumed researchers, start-up founders, and tech juggernauts alike.

Obama’s remark fuelled the conspiracy theory claiming that the US government was hiding aliens at Area 51, a highly classified air force site in Nevada.

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

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 ...

AI such as ChatGPT is giving mental health advise to users. What impact will this have over the long term? Will society be better off or worse off, say 5 years from now?

A new study suggests that artificial intelligence systems approach strategic decision-making with a higher degree of ...

Wisconsin has never regulated hemp products for safety or quality. We tested 30 of them for THC and toxins.

Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the ...

We may have detected Martian life 50 years ago.

An analysis has emerged suggesting that artificial intelligence (AI), represented by Large Language Models (LLMs), has already reached a level of 'general intelligence' similar to that of humans. The ...

A woman has come forward with startling claims of a late‑night alien encounter. Brisbane-based researcher Sheryl Gottschall ...

Empathy stands as a firewall against bigotry. But it’s more than that — it can also free you from bigotry. Understanding another person’s experience (and imagining if it happened to you) softens our ...