Placebo pills can have real effects through the power of suggestion SeventyFour Images / Alamy Women with premenstrual syndrome seem to benefit from the placebo effect even when they know
The ARC-AGI-2 benchmark is designed to be a difficult test for AI models Just_Super/Getty Images The most sophisticated AI models in existence today have scored poorly on a new benchmark
Chemistry Scientists have replicated the luxurious mouthfeel of foie gras using the liver and fat of ducks reared and slaughtered normally, avoiding the controversial techniques involved in traditional production By
Technology Ciaran Martin, the former head of cyber security at GCHQ, says the UK government was “naive” to expect a request for Apple to weaken its encryption services to remain
From inside a package about the size of a shoebox mounted to a ship’s deck, a set of highly stabilized heat-sensing cameras scan the ocean’s surface. Suddenly, against the misty
Clicklike noises made by a small species of shark represent the first instance of a shark actively producing sound By Jack Tamisiea edited by Andrea Thompson Rig (Mustelus lenticulatus). Paul
The direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. This means that the fate of its assets—including the genetic information of some 15 million users and, by inference, their
Supersymmetry, a theory that posits every known elementary particle has a heavier “superpartner” particle, has been the superstar of theoretical physics for the past half century. Its proponents have seen
MRI scans show that the brains of infants and toddlers can encode memories, even if we don’t remember them as adults By Chris Simms & Nature magazine Brain scans suggest
Whether captured in declassified military footage or in smartphone videos uploaded to social media, UFOs are swarming Earth’s skies and demonstrating capabilities so astonishing that they must represent technologies that
