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How introverted or extroverted you are may influence how you use AI

How people interact with their inner and outer worlds may shape how they approach generative AI

Does the U.S. need more spaceports?

A new executive order calls for more than 1,000 U.S. rocket launches per year by the end of the decade. Rethinking the nation's spaceports will be key

Why music is a powerful tool to quiet stress in the brain

Music doesn't just mask stress, it guides our brain back to a calm state

Early Data Indicates an A.I.-Generated Drug Could Slow Aging

CADE METZ

Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age.

The Heart Drug Pelacarsen Fails, Shocking Novartis and Cardiologists

GINA KOLATA

Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.

Hideki Shirakawa, Who Helped Turn a Lab Error Into a Nobel, Dies at 90

DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

The Japanese chemist played a key role in the discovery of electricity-conducting plastics, largely by accident.

Bosses are using AI to spy on employees' productivity—does it work?

Assisted by AI, companies have more options than ever to track employees, minute by minute, keystroke by keystroke. Does this have the desired effect?

Do birds enjoy flying? Scientists asked cockatoos

Flying leads to positive emotions and optimism in Galahs

New Google DeepMind atlas could transform our understanding of genetic diseases

AlphaGenome Atlas predicts the effect of any single change in the fundamental structure of DNA

AI may have just solved a million-dollar math problem. The field will never be the same

A mathematician compared the feat to the history-making chess competition in which IBM's Deep Blue computer beat Garry Kasparov in 1997

Something unique seems to be happening to the brain in menopause

A new study finds sharp contrasts between brain changes in menopause and those during pregnancy and puberty

Top Mathematician Announces New Institute for A.I. Safety

SIOBHAN ROBERTS

Jacob Tsimerman, a recent recipient of the Fields Medal, believes that higher mathematics can help curb the dangers of runaway artificial intelligence.

There are just five perfect shapes in math—here's why

The five Platonic solids are the epitome of perfection—at least in mathematics. Topology explains why there are only five of them

This cosmic particle was never meant to reach Earth. Now scientists think they finally know why it did

In 2022 researchers detected a very odd photon from an enormous gamma-ray burst that should have been destroyed on its way to Earth

OpenAI claims blockbuster math breakthrough amid swirl of controversy

Prior to the announcement, rumors were circulating online among mathematicians over the proof's origins—OpenAI has denied all allegations