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Nature may have a preferred tempo

From flashing fireflies to human music, many biological rhythms appear to converge on the same rhythmic range

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