25 winners of math’s ‘Nobel Prize’ decry the AI invasion of their discipline
Top mathematicians are increasingly pushing back against the tech industry’s artificial-intelligence-powered incursion into their field. A statement released last Friday and signed by 25 winners
How the Math That Powers Google Foresaw the New Pope
October 11, 2025 5 min read The Math That Predicted the New Pope A decades-old technique from network science saw something in the papal conclave
Birds Went Silent during the Great North American Eclipse—Here’s What Researchers Discovered
When a total solar eclipse plunged North America into darkness on the afternoon of April 8, 2024, the songbirds in Bloomington, Ind., suddenly fell silent.
Mathematicians Discover Prime Number Pattern in Fractal Chaos
Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the
Jane Goodall’s Legacy of Challenging What It Means to Be a Scientist
Jane Goodall, a British primatologist known for her work with chimpanzees, died on Wednesday 1 October, aged 91. She was in California on a speaking
Is Tylenol Safe for Children? What Research Shows About Acetaminophen
President Trump blasted followers on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday with this dire warning: “Don’t give Tylenol to your young child for
Lab-Grown Organoids Could Transform Female Reproductive Medicine
In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK, to buy a pregnancy test.
What Is Leucovorin, the Unproven Autism Drug Backed by Trump Officials?
According to Martin Makary, head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug leucovorin will help “hundreds of thousands of kids” with autism.
2025 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Research on Tipsy Bats and Pasta Physics
Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize, an accolade that brings worldwide recognition, prestige and a place in the pantheon of greatness alongside the
New AI Tool Predicts Which of 1,000 Diseases Someone May Develop in 20 Years
September 18, 2025 3 min read New AI Tool Predicts Which of 1,000 Diseases Someone May Develop in 20 Years A large language model called