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Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?
Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipulate people say more about us than they do about language models.
Your Dementia Risk Is Higher If Your Spouse Has It—But It’s More Than Shared Lifestyle
A new study looked at almost one million married couples and found dementia clustered among couples. Shared lifestyle doesn’t explain everything.
Australia’s Greater Gliders Fly Majestically From Tree to Tree—And Now We Know Exactly How Far
It’s not as far as we thought, though
How Tunas Evolved to Become an Apex Predator of the Sea
Contrary to popular belief, it had little to do with the dinosaur-killing asteroid
The Avocados That May Save Us from a Guacamole Apocalypse
Tracing the roots of diversity in the coveted fruit in Central America
Plants and Their Ants: When Flora and Fauna Team Up
Mutualistic partnerships between species abound across nature—but it’s a tricky dance to make sure both parties keep pulling their weight
Why Are We Using Machines to Study Our Inner Lives?
Increasingly scientists are testing chatbots rather than humans in experiments
Record of Human Migration Hiding in the DNA of a Musky Rodent
The Asian house shrew stowed away on routes of human commerce for millennia
Why the Cyclospora Outbreak Is Hard to Pin Down: An Intimate Encounter
The parasite has a long incubation period, which means affected people might not experience explosive diarrhea up to two weeks after exposure
It Was a Record-Breaking Year for Dust Storms
The worst since the Dust Bowl in some places
A “Dead” Coral Reef Found Thriving Off the Coast of Africa
Scientists in the 1960s thought the ecosystem was lifeless
