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World Cup crowds spark outbreak tracking as AI tensions rise and ancient Rome’s roads get a stunning reboot

In a new study, an AI tool identified images of seahorse, shark fin and sea cucumber samples in luggage

An experiment with 2,520 participants backs Richard Feynman’s answer to every diner’s dilemma: Do I want to try something new?

This experimental plane, which reached supersonic speeds yesterday, is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound without creating bothersome sonic booms

Online prediction markets are taking bets on everything from climate change to quantum computing. But researchers question their accuracy

Like astronauts’ “overview effect,” a dramatic feeling of awe takes hold on extended seafloor stays

The maker of Claude wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors

NASA ordered its astronauts to take refuge inside a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and to prepare for potential evacuation of the International Space Station. But the crew returned to normal operations shortly afterward

The FDA’s ongoing review of mifepristone could skip over established science, health experts warn

Planets might exist in the least likely place you’d imagine—around the outskirts of supermassive black holes

AI analysis of mammograms could provide a “bonus finding” for heart disease

A physician involved in the long push to change the name PCOS to PMOS takes us behind the scenes of this subtle yet consequential change

Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change

Remote and hybrid work can have benefits, but a study involving more than 588,000 people suggest they may take a serious mental toll

Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their strategies include cheating

A new investigation alleges that official organizations in Tanzania have imperiled the country's artifacts and remains at four critical human heritage sites they were supposed to protect

This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the country in the 1960s

A breeze is emanating from Sagittarius A* at the heart of our galaxy

A blip of light in the outer reaches of the Milky Way might be a bizarre black hole born at the beginning of time itself—and the long-sought solution to the mystery of dark matter. Astronomers are calling it “Phoebe”

Culture is humanity’s secret for world domination. This calculation shows just how powerful it is