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Single Orangutan Moms Set up Playdates for Their Kids

And they go to considerable lengths to do it

October 8, 2026

A Recipe to Stop AI from Going Rogue

This formula aims to prevent LLMs from doing things that endanger humans

October 8, 2026

A Distant Star is Slowly Snacking on a Brown Dwarf

This absorption could take billions of years

October 8, 2026

What Babies Learn From Spit-Swapping

Saliva is thicker than water

October 8, 2026

Meet the New Otterlike Predator That Scurried Alongside Dinosaurs

Its unique throat paved the way for our big brains

October 7, 2026

Why Forgive and Forget is Bad Advice

A conversation with MacArthur fellow Felipe de Brigard about how forgiveness reshapes the memory of atrocity

October 7, 2026

How to Live to Be 194 Years Old

A tortoise’s genetic hacks for longevity

October 7, 2026

Neanderthals Were Adept Woodworkers Too

But most of their work has been lost

October 7, 2026

The Most Curious Cloud on Mars Relies on Some Bizarre Physics

We’ve never seen anything like this before

October 7, 2026

Penguin Poop is Melting Antarctic Snow

Thanks to green algae that groove on guano

October 7, 2026

Creating Fake People is a Terrible Idea

So why is a company pursuing digital avatars with such gusto?

October 7, 2026