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Scientists identify new spinosaurid, Moderna flu shot back on track, universal inhaled vaccine shows promise

A surprising FDA reversal on Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine, early promise from a universal inhaled vaccine, and a desert fossil find that is reshaping spinosaurid history.

How a poet uses AI to write and why her work is now at MoMA

Sasha Stiles turned GPT-2 experiments into a self-writing poem at a Museum of Modern Art installation—and a new way to think about text-generating AI optimization

Cities May Be ‘Evolutionary Training Grounds’ For Spotted Lanternflies

EMILY ANTHES

Living in urban China may have given the insects the traits they needed to thrive in the United States, a new study suggests.

Why wet, heavy snow is the best for making snowballs and snowmen

School is out as heavy, wet snow blankets parts of the Northeast. Though it will be a pain to shovel, it makes for perfect snowballs and the most structurally sound snowmen

Who should shovel the snow? This weird math puzzle can help

Blizzards are a real-life example of what game theorists call the "snowdrift problem," a cousin of the prisoner's dilemma that offers clues to why we choose to cooperate

Stone Age art may reveal 40,000-year-old precursor to writing

Thousands of markings on objects made around 40,000 years ago may have been more than just doodles, a new analysis suggests