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A DAY AGO
The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem
Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.
A DAY AGO
A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That?
The technology is far from the only existential risk our species faces. But weighing such cosmic fears can become a mind-bending exercise.
A DAY AGO
The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs
Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to “phase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.
A DAY AGO
How the New iPhone Duo’s Glass Screen Bends Without Breaking
The screens of foldable phones are a triumph of materials science and microengineering.
14 HOURS AGO
Racing to Contain Invasive Green Crabs in Puget Sound
Tribes and scientists are mounting an urgent trapping effort to keep European green crabs from devastating a corner of Puget Sound.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN12 HOURS AGO

Why the Swift telescope was so special
NASA's formidable gamma-ray burst hunter is doomed to soon reenter Earth's atmosphere, leaving a glaring gap in our view of the high-energy sky
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN14 HOURS AGO

25 years after 9/11, survivors are still getting sick—here are the numbers
A quarter of a century after the Twin Towers fell, those who lived through the attacks are still seeking care for myriad illnesses, including cancers, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN13 HOURS AGO

Are AI chatbots making us less human?
What do we lose when machines become our closest confidants?
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN9 HOURS AGO

The Atlantic hurricane season just quietly broke a new weather record
The Atlantic Ocean has never seen a year without a hurricane since reliable records began
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN12 HOURS AGO

‘Odd couple’ black holes can find each other in space
Two studies find signs of strange black hole binary systems
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN10 HOURS AGO

Giant armored crustaceans survive thanks to a gene stolen from bacteria
Scientists have long wondered how these bizarre creatures endured for years without food—now they've found out why
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

Unique, mathematical 60-sided "Go First Dice" go on display
Researchers devised the dice to solve a tricky math problem: When playing a game, who goes first?
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

AI researcher Jacob Coxon quit, fearing extinction. Security experts see a familiar fight
An Anthropic researcher quit over fears of runaway AI. His colleague who still works there agreed. Security experts argue that the incidents that are already on record call for tighter oversight, not panic
6 HOURS AGO
How Did a Heart Drug With So Much Promise Fall So Flat?
Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn’t work at all.
2 HOURS AGO
Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought
New estimates using the planet’s surface wrinkles show that our smallest planet is growing even smaller, at a faster clip than expected.