A koala population’s rapid rebound may let it escape inbreeding’s perils
uttu A rapid koala rebound in southeastern Australia is also boosting their genetic variation, showing one way out of…
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Robots with fingernails can grasp thin edges
Robotic hands are getting their nails done. Researchers have designed a new three-fingered robotic hand whose digits come…
The surprising science behind why daylight saving time is good for wildlife
March 7, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The surprising science behind why daylight saving…
Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud
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The age of animal experiments may be waning
Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of…
The remarkable brains of ‘SuperAgers’ hold clues about how we age
A look inside the brains of extraordinarily sharp elderly people reveals clues about their unusual abilities. Deep in…
NASA’s DART spacecraft changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun
A spacecraft slowed the orbit of a pair of asteroids around the sun by more than 10 micrometers…
Scientists created a digital library full of ants
March 5, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Scientists created a digital library full of…
The moment that kicked off the AI revolution
Lee Sedol faced AlphaGo in 2016 AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon/Alamy The first time that AlphaGo revealed its full power,…
How an intern helped build the AI that shook the world
AlphaGo’s victory braodcast on TV Im Hun-jung/Yonhap/AP Photo via Getty Images In March 2016, Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence…