Does AI understand?
It may be getting smarter, but it’s not thinking like humans (yet), say experts
July 16, 2025 • ~7 min
Highly sensitive science
David Ginty probes pleasure and pain to shed light on autism and other conditions
July 2, 2025 • ~11 min
Can AI be as irrational as we are? (Or even more so?)
Psychologists found OpenAI’s GPT-4o showing humanlike patterns of cognitive dissonance, sensitivity to free choice
July 1, 2025 • ~8 min
Stealing a ‘superpower’
Study finds some sea slugs consume algae, incorporate photosynthetic parts into their own bodies to keep producing nutrients
June 25, 2025 • ~7 min
Reading skills — and struggles — manifest earlier than thought
New finding underscores need to intervene before kids start school, say researchers
June 23, 2025 • ~7 min
Shining light on scientific superstar
Vera Rubin, whose dark-matter discoveries changed astronomy and physics, gets her due with namesake observatory, commemorative quarter
June 20, 2025 • ~6 min
A taste for microbes
New research reveals how the octopus uses arms to sense chemical clues from microbiomes
June 20, 2025 • ~8 min
Out of sight but not out of mind
By 15 months, children can learn the names of objects they’ve never seen
June 16, 2025 • ~7 min
A step in fight against tick-borne disease
New molecular method differentiates sexes, reveals whether females have mated
June 11, 2025 • ~5 min
Still waiting
75 years after Fermi’s paradox, are we any closer to finding extraterrestrial life?
June 10, 2025 • ~6 min
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