What do a 20th-century physicist, an 18th-century statistician and an ancient Greek philosopher have in common? They all knew how to extrapolate with incredible accuracy. Columnist Jacob Aron explains ...

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Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that, when prompted with sequences from a cluster of related genes ...

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You face a tension: your wife wants to borrow money for clubbing and an Airbnb while you both carry debt, and you worry that saying no will make you look controlling. You’re not automatically ...

Informational 2026 overview of the LottoChamp AI lottery number tool - examining algorithm claims, data-driven ...

The last 12 months reinforce big batteries as a central part of the NEM’s operating fabric – but the drivers of value are changing, and small batteries are joining the chat.

"The number one thing is to get out of your head this ideal that gets passed around in the self-help world: 'go get a mentor, ...

Optical illusion puzzles are one of the biggest trends because these seemingly simple puzzles combine entertainment and real cognitive skills. These puzzles are designed in such a way that they ...

A surprising discovery in Antarctica's Weddell Sea revealed a vast 'fish city' beneath the ice, where thousands of tiny polar fish have built intricate nests. This unexpected find, made during a ...

Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves. By Kate Golembiewski Many of the snazziest decorations in the animal ...

As AI tools have proliferated in workplaces and pressure to use them has mounted, employees have had to contend with the scourge of workslop, or low-effort, AI-generated work that looks plausibly ...