Beneath the Arctic’s frozen surface, scientists have found life rewriting the boundaries of possibility. Tiny microbes thriving under the sea ice can fix nitrogen — a process once thought limited to warmer waters. The finding reshapes how we understand the Arctic’s influence[...]
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AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?
Seventy-five years after Alan Turing asked whether machines could think, scientists are asking a different question: should we even be trying to measure it that way? At a Royal Society event in London, researchers argued that the famous Turing test has outlived[...]
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Florida county turns to AI to trim zoning review process
In Florida’s Hernando County, artificial intelligence is doing the paperwork—faster. A new AI system called SwiftGov has helped cut zoning review times for single-family homes from 30 days to just two, saving the county an estimated $1 million. Developed by Swiftbuild.ai, the[...]
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The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years
For more than a hundred years, the zipper has gone largely unchanged—until now. YKK, the Japanese company behind roughly half the world’s zippers, has introduced the AiryString, a new design that eliminates the fabric tape flanking the teeth. The result is lighter,[...]
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A Human on a Bicycle Is among the Most Efficient Forms of Travel in the Animal Kingdom
It turns out humans aren’t particularly good at getting around—unless we’re on two wheels. A new look at a 1973 Scientific American chart shows that a person on a bicycle ranks among the most energy-efficient travelers in the animal world, rivaling birds[...]
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North Dakota Legislative Council adopts Meta AI to speed bill summarizations
North Dakota’s Legislature is getting a digital assistant of its own. Faced with the task of summarizing more than a thousand bills each session, the Legislative Council is turning to Meta’s open-source AI model, LLaMA 3.2, to handle the workload in hours[...]
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Being Wrong Is a Scientific Superpower
Science doesn’t fear being wrong—it depends on it. The latest issue of Scientific American celebrates that spirit, exploring discoveries that challenge what we think we know. From a geochemist’s claim that complex life began hundreds of millions of years earlier than believed,[...]
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What Baseball Teaches Us About the Future of Transportation
Major League Baseball stepped into the future with its recent announcement that “robotic umpires” will be introduced next season. Under MLB’s new Automated Ball-Strike challenge system, teams will have the opportunity to contest pitches they believe were called incorrectly, with an artificial[...]
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Rural universities are teaching AI to power the next wave of farming innovation
Across the heartland, a quiet revolution is taking root—not in Silicon Valley labs, but in university fields and classrooms where agriculture meets innovation. From Purdue’s DIAL Ventures to Iowa State’s Start Something program, schools are cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs who[...]
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Saturn’s Moon Enceladus May Harbor Life. Study Finds Complex Organic Molecules
For years, Saturn’s small, icy moon Enceladus has been one of science’s best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Now, new analysis of old data from NASA’s Cassini mission has made that hope a little brighter. Scientists have identified complex organic molecules—chemical[...]
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What is Knot Theory? Solve These Puzzles to Find Out
Take a piece of string, tie it into a loop, and you’ve just created one of math’s simplest yet most mysterious objects — a knot. What seems like a child’s pastime unfolds into an entire field of study that links art, chemistry,[...]
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The Measure of a True Visionary: Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science
Jane Goodall never treated science as something confined to a lab notebook or separated from the pulse of life. She saw discovery as an act of love — a way of paying attention so deeply it becomes reverence. Her work with chimpanzees[...]
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Vaccines Are One of the Most Amazing Achievements of Humanity
Vaccines are a vital tool that saves millions of lives annually. Concerningly, the U.S. government wants to cut funding for a key organization that saves lives worldwide through immunization. Amid vaccine safety debates, the world is witnessing a rise in measles cases.[...]
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Is Tylenol Safe for Children? What Research Shows About Acetaminophen
Parents often turn to Tylenol when a child spikes a fever or can’t sleep from pain — a practice backed by decades of medical research. Yet President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have recently cast doubt, claiming acetaminophen causes[...]
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At Land’s Edge – Tracking Coastal Ecosystem with Landsat
For more than 50 years, satellites in the NASA–USGS Landsat program have been quietly documenting the fragile edge where land meets sea. Their long view has revealed both decline and resilience: mangroves in Florida struggling to recover after hurricanes, eelgrass meadows in[...]
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Air Force debuts pilotless cargo flights in the Pacific
Autonomous cargo planes aren’t just a futuristic concept anymore—they’ve already been put to work in the Pacific. During the Air Force’s Resolute Force exercise this summer, small Cessna aircraft flew supply runs between Hawaiian islands, controlled remotely from Guam nearly 4,000 miles[...]