Watch a robot dog run a marathon faster than the average human
Hot on the heels of humanoid robots besting Usain Bolt’s record in the 100-meter sprint is a marathon-running dog bot. The quadrupedal machine, named RAIBO2,
Why human language may be intertwined with fire
When asked about the greatest innovation of humans, people will often say language or fire. A new paper suggests that these innovations may be more
Missing pages of priceless Henry VIII–era manuscript finally found
A 600-year-old book that once belonged to a personal attendant of King Henry VIII is helping to reveal the shifting allegiances and religious ferment that
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.