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What is trypophobia? Why some people's skin crawls when they see tiny holes

Research suggests this aversion is driven by an instinct to avoid disease

How birds can quietly spread a severe form of pneumonia

Everyday activities, from visiting zoos to cleaning bird droppings, can expose you to a potentially dangerous infection

Anthropic’s S-1 filing spotlights safety fears and science ambitions ahead of IPO

Anthropic is preparing to go public, and new documents show how the lab hopes to control its technology while also pushing the limits of what AI can do

The Science Behind Your Reaction to Art

MICHAEL JANOFSKY

The Honolulu Museum of Art is showing how art can influence thinking, perspective and mood, in an exhibition that is part of a trend by museums to mix science and art.

Gaze at the Cosmic Dawn in Dizzying Detail

KATRINA MILLER

A new simulation offers a highly immersive look at what happened during the first couple of billion years following the Big Bang.

What Amy Poehler’s New Series, ‘Dig,’ Gets Right About Archaeology

STELLA RAINE CHU

To get the science right, classical archaeologists, who excavate the world of the ancient Mediterranean, consulted on the show, which also stars Hugh Laurie.

Why we’ll never have another Black Death

The death of a worker at a Russian plague lab was alarming, but the disease is extremely unlikely to become a worldwide problem as it has in the past

Underwater data centers may be coming to the U.S.—smack in the middle of endangered whale habitat

Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales

Skeleton of Nanotyrannus ‘Jodi,’ T. Rex’s Cousin, Is Auctioned for $47.3 Million

SOPAN DEB

The Nanotyrannus specimen is the latest dinosaur fossil to fetch a high price at a private auction, this time at Sotheby’s.

Sleep and depression may be more intertwined than we thought

Depression tied to the body's sleep cycle could be less responsive to antidepressants and cause more severe symptoms

Dueling proofs from OpenAI and Anthropic astound scientists

The results resolve major problems in math, physics and computer science. But like other recent AI-generated "slop drops," the releases are already controversial

It’s Docktober. Do You Know Where the Sea Slugs Are?

CHONA KASINGER AND ALAN BURDICK

Where there are floating docks, there are often communities of colorful marine organisms just below — and a community of curious people just above.

How a 16th century pirate accidentally spawned a centuries-old math problem

A question posed by Sir Walter Raleigh about cannonballs inadvertently led to a puzzle that mathematicians have been trying to solve for centuries

OpenAI just scooped human researchers on a million-dollar quantum math problem

Another bombshell result shows how artificial intelligence is fueling fierce competition at the frontiers of math and physics

CDC deputy director Jennifer Shuford resigns after just four months in the role

Jennifer Shuford, a well-respected infectious disease researcher, cited a desire to spend more time with her family