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What’s Wrong with Having an AI Friend?

Psychologist Paul Bloom on why chatbots make good companions. And why they don't.

September 19, 2025

Some Dogs Can Learn New Linguistic Tricks

These word games spell out canines’ surprising cognitive powers

September 18, 2025

What to Know About Mirror Life

Some scientists want to create a biological Bizarro World—is it safe?

September 18, 2025

Are Some People Addicted to Revenge?

A new book explores what drives the brain’s sometimes insatiable quest for vengeance

September 18, 2025

Gaia’s Got a Fever

An aging Earth, like an aging body, is increasingly vulnerable to heat’s fatal strikes

September 17, 2025

How Rodents Spread Across the Earth

One little appendage may have played a very large part

September 17, 2025

What Makes an Opera Star Stand Out?

A singular quality unifies favorites

September 17, 2025

These Aren’t Your Pharoah’s Mummies

Other cultures across Asia were preserving their dead for millennia before the Egyptians

September 16, 2025

The Dinos’ Demise Gave Rivers Their Shape

Their extinction left an indelible mark on the landscape

September 16, 2025

Long Lives Helped Early Humans Thrive

Michael Gurven on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer

September 16, 2025

DNA’s Death Notice

See original manuscripts, letters, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling

September 15, 2025