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- August 29
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- Do you trust AI?
- Cataclysmic crash with neighboring planet may be the reason there's life on Earth today, new studies hint
- 'I would never let a robot incubate my child': Poll on 'pregnancy robots' divides Live Science readers
- 2,200-year-old 'complex and delicate' Celtic warrior charm is evidence of sophisticated metalworking in the Iron Age
- Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever
- The 3 best fitness tracker deals we have spotted in the Labor Day sale
- 2,100-year-old skeleton of warrior nicknamed 'Lord of Sakar,' buried in a stunning gold wreath, unearthed in Bulgaria
- Levoit Sprout air purifier review — Baby-friendly solution to airborne pollutants
- 'Aging clocks' tell you how much 'older' you are than your chronological age. How do they work?
- Loughareema: The 'vanishing lake' in Northern Ireland that mysteriously drains and refills itself within hours
- Scientists cram an entire computer into a single fiber of clothing — and you can even put it through your washing machine
- Shokz OpenRun Bone Conduction headphone range provides premium sound quality, and spatial awareness for safer listening while exercising — there's up to 31% off these Amazon headphone deals
- August 28
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- Formaldehyde-free hair-straightening products may still threaten health, concerning study finds
- 'A truly unprecedented discovery': 3,000-year-old multicolored mural with fish, stars and gods discovered in Peru
- 'Cool gemstones' and 'fiery grime': James Webb telescope finds clues to Earth's origins in dazzling new view of Butterfly Nebula
- 'Now is the time': Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale
- Garmin Forerunner 970 review — A serious smartwatch for running pros
- 70 million-year-old hypercarnivore that ate dinosaurs named after Egyptian god
- NASA reveals the dwarf planet Ceres had a hidden 'energy source' that may have sparked alien life
- China's 'Darwin Monkey' is the world's largest brain-inspired supercomputer
- Spiders seen keeping fireflies as glowing prisoners that draw more prey to their webs
- August 27
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- Gum disease treatment slows the thickening of arteries, clinical trial shows
- James Webb telescope images reveal there's something strange with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
- Best bone conduction headphones 2025 — Our top picks for every budget
- Early test of new laser-free eye treatment shows promise
- Scientists unveil most detailed photo of a solar flare ever taken
- Heartbreaking image shows a sloth clinging to a barbed wire fence because it was the closest thing resembling a tree
- 'So weird': Ankylosaur with 3-foot spikes sticking out of its neck discovered in Morocco
- Chinese scientists create multicolored glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge in sunlight
- 80,000-year-old stones in Uzbekistan may be the world's oldest arrowheads — and they might have been made by Neanderthals
- 10th time lucky! SpaceX's Starship nails successful test flight after string of explosive setbacks
- Scientists just developed a new AI modeled on the human brain — it's outperforming LLMs like ChatGPT at reasoning tasks
- Diagnostic dilemma: Rare condition made a woman see people as dragons
- August 26
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- An exotic quartz arrow may have killed a man 12,000 years ago in Vietnam
- US reports its first New World parasitic screwworm infection in decades
- Scientists uncover 'coils' in DNA that form under pressure
- Thousands of bumblebee catfish captured climbing waterfall in never-before-seen footage
- Live Science crossword puzzle #7: NASA mission that redirected an asteroid — 8 across
- Japan launches its first homegrown quantum computer
- Rare milky plumes paint stunning swirls in world's largest 'soda lake' — Earth from space
- August 25
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- 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu contains dust older than the solar system itself — and traces of interstellar space
- First-ever pig-to-human lung transplant attempted in brain-dead person in China
- New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly
- James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?
- Laser-blasted 'black metal' could make solar technology 15 times more efficient
- Malia Bee Pendant: A 3,800-year-old accessory found in a Minoan 'pit of gold'
- Why can't we walk through walls if atoms are mostly empty space?
- August 24
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- 'Minibrains' reveal secrets of how key brain cells form in the womb
- Will there be a La Niña this fall? Here's what forecasters predict and what it means for the weather
- Whoop MG review — A screenless fitness tracker for performance geeks
- NASA's Perseverance rover spies mysterious 'helmet' on Mars
- Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week
- What is the world's slowest animal?
- China is dunking data centers into the ocean to keep them cool
- August 23
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- X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'
- Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'
- Pallas's cat: One of the world's oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm
- Meet Robot Drummer: Scientists train an AI to drum like Linkin Park and AC/DC — but it sounds like it has plenty of practice to do
- Why do caffeine withdrawal headaches hurt so much?
- Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus
- 'Pregnancy robot from China' is fake, but is the technology behind it possible?
- If 'pregnancy robots' were real, would you use one?
- August 22
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- Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds
- James Webb telescope traces origin of brightest fast radio burst ever detected
- 'We never had concrete proof': Archaeologists discover Christian cross in Abu Dhabi, proving 1,400-year-old site was a monastery
- Abrupt changes taking place in Antarctica 'will affect the world for generations to come'
- 'We know what to do; we just have to implement it.': Pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in other wealthy countries. But we could fix that.
- Earth's early primates evolved in the cold — not the tropics
- Toxic chemicals that pollute groundwater are formed up in the stratosphere, surprise findings show
- Exposure triangle explained: A photographer's guide to mastering light
- August 21
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- James Webb telescope reveals that asteroids Bennu and Ryugu may be parts of the same gigantic space rock
- The first Americans had Denisovan DNA. And it may have helped them survive.
- How does 'getting your tubes tied' work?
- An 'equinox solar eclipse' is coming in September — here's where to see it
- How to choose a humidifier — Here's our knowledge from years of testing
- Best sleep headphones 2025 — Cozy tunes for every type of sleeper
- IBM and NASA create first-of-its-kind AI that can accurately predict violent solar flares
- Your household gadgets could soon be battery-free — scientists create tiny solar cells that can be powered by indoor light
- 'This technology is possible today': Nuclear waste could be future power source and increase access to a rare fuel
- One of the world’s tallest trees — the centuries-old 'Doerner Fir' — is on fire in Oregon.
- August 20
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- Jaw-dropping photo captures solar tornado and gigantic plasma eruption raging on the sun at the same time
- 6,300 years ago, dozens of people were murdered in grisly victory celebrations in France
- 'Why would you even want to go?': Readers react to the hypothetical 400-year voyage to Alpha Centauri
- Can cannabis raise the risk of cancer?
- Uranus has a new, hidden moon, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
- Mystery quake that rocked Northern California in 1954 came from 'eerily quiet' Cascadia Subduction Zone
- Scientists think they detected the first known triple black hole system in the universe — and then watched it die
- Lake Superior rocks reveal build up to giant collision that formed supercontinent Rodinia
- Best fitness trackers for beginners 2025 — From Apple Watch to Garmin Forerunner 165
- 5 common mistakes beginner wildlife photographers make — and how to avoid them
- Hiker picks up venomous snake, dies after bite triggers rare allergic reaction, authorities say
- Where can you see the Sept. 7 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse?
- Japanese power breakthrough could be 'step toward a fully wireless society'
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man's preference for 'soft' bacon may have given him brain worms
- August 19
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- FDA recalls more bagged, frozen shrimp over possible radioactive cesium contamination
- Keratin extracted from sheep's wool repairs teeth in breakthrough
- New brain implant can decode a person's 'inner monologue'
- Rocket-like jellyfish, regal Komodo dragon and harrowing whale rescue — see the stunning Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 finalists
- Tiny devices propelled by sunlight could explore a mysterious region of Earth's atmosphere
- Secretive X37-B space plane to test quantum navigation system — scientists hope it will one day replace GPS
- A rare 'black moon' rises this weekend: What is it, and what can you see?
- Supervolcanic 'hell' caldera in Japan is home to 17 different volcanoes — Earth from space
- August 18
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- Gene that differs between humans and Neanderthals could shed light on the species' disappearance, mouse study suggests
- Watch Hurricane Erin reach Category 5 strength in a blaze of lightning
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- Live Science crossword puzzle #6: Planet with a 'Great Red Spot' — 6 down
- Hurricane Erin could unleash 100-foot waves across the East Coast this week, forecasters warn
- OpenAI's ChatGPT agent can control your PC to do tasks on your behalf — but how does it work and what's the point?
- Pazuzu figurine: An ancient statue of the Mesopotamian 'demon' god who inspired 'The Exorcist'
- What's the difference between a llama and an alpaca?
- August 17
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- FDA panel has cast doubt on whether antidepressants are safe in pregnancy. Here's what the science actually says.
- Oops! Earendel, most distant star ever discovered, may not actually be a star, James Webb Telescope reveals
- Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia
- Which Roman emperor ruled the longest?
- Giant 'X' appears over Chile as 2 celestial beams of light cross: Space photo of the week
- Why do some people grow 'chemo curls' after cancer treatment?
- August 16
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- Scientists transform 'forever chemicals' in water into fluoride with new process
- Meet the 'neglectons': Previously overlooked particles that could revolutionize quantum computing
- COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance
- Best smart rings 2025 — Our top 3 sleep and fitness tracker rings, tried and tested
- Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds
- What was the first human species?
- Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing
- August 15
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- You may not really be allergic to penicillin. Here's how to find out if you are.
- Medieval knight 'Lancelot' and his stunning stone tomb found under ice cream shop in Poland
- Incredible, first-of-its-kind video shows human embryo implanting in real time
- 2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought
- Giant, cosmic 'Eye of Sauron' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo
- Robots awkwardly race, fight and flop around in China's first World Humanoid Robot Games
- San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests
- A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved
- 'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species
- Best budget star projectors under $40 — Affordable gadgets for kids and adults, tried and tested
- China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy
- Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 years burn an area larger than Paris
- Ghostly 'spiral' photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it
- Three Whale Rock: Thailand's 75-million-year-old stone leviathans that look like they're floating in a sea of trees
- August 14
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- Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black hole
- DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.
- A real-life Pandora? Newfound 'disappearing' planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies
- Would you board a spacecraft that takes 400 years to reach Alpha Centauri?
- Ancient predatory whale with big eyes and razor-sharp teeth was 'deceptively cute'
- This AI-powered Oral-B Genius is our all-time best electric toothbrush — currently discounted by $120, the lowest ever price in this Amazon deal
- Best headlamps 2025 — Lightweight, bright and long-lasting
- 115 million-year-old dinosaur tracks unearthed in Texas after devastating floods
- Astronomers find bizarre 'Cosmic Grapes' galaxy in the early universe. Here's why that's a big deal.
- Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation
- August 13
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- Colossal black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun is one of the largest ever seen in the universe
- Prominent medical journal refuses RFK's call to retract a vaccine study
- Human eggs have special protection against certain types of aging, study hints
- 13-year drought crippled Maya on Yucatán Peninsula 1,000 years ago, study finds
- No, blue whales aren't going silent off California. Here's why.
- Diabetic man produces his own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant
- Never-before-seen cousin of Lucy might have lived at the same site as the oldest known human species, new study suggests
- Best home weather stations 2025 — measure rainfall, wind and more
- 1,100-year-old Viking hoard reveals raiding wealthy only 'part of the picture' — they traded with the Middle East too
- Five simple wildlife photography tips for better shots without fancy gear
- How AI companions are changing teenagers' behavior in surprising and sinister ways
- Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in 1748 along North Carolina's coast
- Scientists use Stephen Hawking theory to propose 'black hole morsels' — strange, compact objects that could reveal new physics
- Scientists capture bridge of stray stars being sucked from one galaxy to another
- Diagnostic dilemma: Girl's dental trouble caused a life-threatening eye infection
- August 12
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- 1,300-year-old skeletons found in England had grandparents from sub-Saharan Africa, DNA studies reveal
- 'Rogue waves' can be 65 feet tall, but they aren't 'freak occurrences,' data from North Sea reveals
- James Webb telescope spots earliest black hole in the known universe, looking 'as far back as you can practically go'
- Paperclip-sized spacecraft could visit a nearby black hole in the next century, study claims
- Best bat detectors in 2025 — Hear bats and their echolocation
- Amazon rainforest is approaching 'tipping points' that could transform it into a drier savanna
- Meta AI takes first step to superintelligence — and Zuckerberg will no longer release the most powerful systems to the public
- The final 'planet parade' of 2025 rises Sunday. Here's how to see the full 6-planet show.
- 10 bizarre 'dark voids' appear in the skies over uninhabited island near Antarctica — Earth from space
- August 11
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- 'Space hurricane' caught raging over North Pole during one of the sun's quietest days
- We know humans arose in Africa, but archaeology is only just uncovering secrets of the continent's early civilizations
- Texas puma genes rescue Florida panthers from extinction — for now
- Best wildlife lenses under $1,000 — ideal for safari or even birds in the park
- Meteorite that crash landed through Georgia man's roof is 20 million years older than Earth, scientists say
- A blood moon is coming: Here's what you need to know about the total lunar eclipse on Sept. 7
- Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97
- Sabu Disk: A mysterious 5,000-year-old Egyptian stone sculpture that looks like a hubcap
- World's first artificial tongue 'tastes and learns' like a real human organ
- Live Science crossword puzzle #5: Substance with a pH value less than 7 — 2 down
- What would space sound like if we could hear it?
- Last chance — the Oura Ring Gen 3 is now at its lowest-ever price and the last remaining stocks are selling out fast
- August 10
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- 'Such caves weren't used for ordinary living': Rare finger grooves from ancient peoples found in glittering Australian cave
- NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030
- 'Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds
- How 'flying boats' are bringing EVs to the ocean — with the help of LeBron James and Tom Brady
- James Webb telescope captures one of the deepest-ever views of the universe — Space photo of the week
- Can you dream during non-REM sleep?
- August 9
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- After Mount Vesuvius erupted, Romans returned to Pompeii and stayed for 400 years — but it was likely anarchy
- IBM and Moderna have simulated the longest mRNA pattern without AI — they used a quantum computer instead
- Venus and Jupiter conjunction: The 2 brightest planets will 'kiss' early Tuesday morning
- Headless chicken monster: The deep sea cucumber with tubular feet for gobbling sediment
- Why do cats and dogs eat grass?
- Science news this week: A 400-year trip to Alpha Centauri and the malevolent AI that may make us consider it
- August 8
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- Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with dangerous 'bromism' syndrome
- 'The most significant JWST finding to date': James Webb spots — then loses — a giant planet orbiting in the habitable zone of our closest sun-like star
- NASA's Hubble telescope reveals most detailed photos of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS to date
- Scientists may finally know why the first stars in the universe left no trace
- Massive comet trail may have transformed Earth's climate more than 12,000 years ago, tiny particles suggest
- 'Like a master Tetris player': Scientists invent quantum virtual machines — they'll slash turnaround times from days to hours
- Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests
- Perseid meteor shower 2025: How to see 'shooting stars' despite the full moon
- 'These decisions were completely reckless': Funding cuts to mRNA vaccines will make America more vulnerable to pandemics
- August 7
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- Auroras may be visible from 18 states this weekend as solar storm barrels toward Earth
- Scientists synthesized elusive 'super alcohol' — a 'seed of life molecule' that marks a step toward finding alien life
- Best bird song identification apps in 2025 — Identify bird calls and improve your avian knowledge
- NASA finds multi-billion-year-old 'coral' on Mars
- 3,000-year-old burial of elite teen unearthed in Iran, with gold jewelry and astonishing 'scorpion' cosmetics box
- Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri
- Stone Age family may have been cannibalized for 'ultimate elimination' 5,600 years ago, study suggests
- Maya civilization had 16 million people at peak, new study finds — twice the population of modern-day NYC
- 'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years ago is Europe's oldest known case of cranial modification, study finds
- Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
- August 6
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- Huge study of ME/CFS reveals genetic 'hotspots' linked to the debilitating syndrome
- Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it's not what scientists thought
- 'Most remarkable' fossil of Jurassic sea monster from Germany is previously unknown species
- SpaceX launched disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station
- Sturgeon Moon 2025: What makes August's full moon a special 2-night affair
- 'It seems that size really does matter': Males of 4 never-before-seen tarantula species have record-long genitalia
- 1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed
- 5,000-year-old burials in Germany hold 3 women with bedazzled baby carriers
- Nine best things to see in the night sky with binoculars: August to November 2025
- Aging: What happens to the body as it gets older?
- 'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI models can send subliminal messages that teach other AIs to be 'evil,' study claims
- Glaciers across North America and Europe have lost an 'unprecedented' amount of ice in the past 4 years
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman had something in her eye — and it turned out to be parasitic worms
- August 5
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- Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs
- A parade of volcanoes is erupting in Russia following an 8.8 earthquake
- 'Big-butt starfish,' 'little sweet potato' and dozens of never-before-seen species recorded during deep-sea expedition off Argentina
- 2 dead and 58 infected amid bacterial outbreak in NYC
- Scientists heat gold to 14 times its melting point — without turning it into a liquid
- 300,000-year-old teeth from China may be evidence that humans and Homo erectus interbred, according to new study
- Get a deep dive on your health and wellbeing at a fraction of the cost with the Samsung Galaxy Ring — this Amazon deal has $100 off
- Roman Britain quiz: What do you know about the Empire's conquest of the British Isles?
- How does the morning-after pill work?
- Lake-filled impact crater in Africa transforms into a giant silver 'mirror' via rare phenomenon — Earth from space
- August 4
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- Cosmic rays could help support alien life on worlds outside the 'Goldilocks zone'
- Watch a pod of orcas pretending to drown one of their own in macabre training session
- Scientists just recreated the universe's first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos
- No-sugar sweetener erythritol may pose risk to cells in the brain, study finds — here's what to know
- Creepy new giant insect may be the heaviest ever recorded in Australia
- How germy is the public pool, really? An expert explains
- Hadrian's Wall: The defensive Roman wall that protected the frontier in Britain for 300 years
- Dormant volcano erupts in Russia for first time in around 500 years, days after magnitude 8.8 megaquake
- Live Science crossword puzzle #4: The building blocks of DNA — 14 across
- The universe may start dying in just 10 billion years, alarming new model predicts
- Hornelund Brooches: Viking age gold ornaments mysteriously buried in Denmark 1,000 years ago
- Why do diamonds come in different colors?
- August 3
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- Humans may have untapped 'superpowers' from genes related to hibernation, scientists claim
- Skyscraper-size spikes of methane ice may surround Pluto's equator
- See 'hyperrealistic' reconstructions of 2 Stone Age sisters who worked in brutal mine in the Czech Republic 6,000 years ago
- How far can the most powerful telescope see into space?
- August 2
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- When your mind goes 'blank,' your brain activity resembles deep sleep, scans reveal
- Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference 'where no signals are supposed to be present'
- Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun
- Aye-ayes: The strange nocturnal lemurs with long, creepy fingers
- NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week
- How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?
- Science news this week: A magnitude 8.8 megaquake and whether we should — and can — stop AI
- August 1
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- Our favorite indoor cycling shoes have just dropped to their lowest-ever price
- AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?
- Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds
- Australia's pink lakes: The remnants of ancient rivers now teeming with microbes that make rosy pigments
- First-of-its-kind footage captures bizarre sea creatures flourishing in extreme depths of the ocean
- Warm and cool temperatures travel on completely different paths to the brain, study finds
