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This obscure, 80-year-old machine might be the key to unlocking the full potential of AI today
By Martin Rudorfer published
Opinion Leading American engineer and scientist Vannevar Bush thought that the memex was the answer to information nightmare of the 1940s.

Earth appears to be developing new never-before-seen human-made seasons, study finds
By Felicia Liu, Thomas Smith published
Seasons are more than just divisions of time — they are our connection with nature.

Why is heart cancer so rare?
By Julie Phillippi published
Studying why heart cells are less likely to become cancerous can provide clues to improving heart regeneration and treatments for heart disease.

Gain-of-function research is not the 'purview of mad scientists.' It's fundamental to biology.
By Seema Lakdawala, Anice Lowen published
Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.

Romans loved to wear socks and sandals — could that be the reason for the massive shoes found at Magna fort?
By Tim Penn published
Archaeologists aren't "baffled" by giant shoes but see them as a way to test different theories about how Roman soldiers coped with new environments along Hadrian's Wall.

Only 64% of Americans accept the idea of evolution — here's one reason why
By Edward White published
Fundamentalists don't necessarily examine evolution and then reject it; they tend to start with the conclusion that it must be false and work backwards.

Study raises major questions about Earth's 'oldest' impact crater
By Aaron J. Cavosie, Alec Brenner published
Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by at least 800 million years.

Enormous blobs deep beneath Earth's surface appear to drive giant volcanic eruptions
By Nicolas Flament, Annalise Cucchiaro published
Opinion Pillars of hot rock appear to connect continental-size moving blobs at the bottom of Earth's mantle to giant volcanic eruptions at its surface.

Archaeologists discover that parties 11,000 years ago were BYOB — bring your own boar
By Petra Vaiglova published
Opinion Humans have feasted since the dawn of agriculture — but a new find suggests the practice of bringing exotic food to a communal gathering is even older.

Your data is being compromised much quicker than ever before, but you don't have to sit still and take it
By Mike Chapple published
Your personal privacy depends on your awareness, tech controls that allow you to decide what to share, and public policies that take personal privacy into account.
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