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These smart bricks know what object they make up

about 20 hours ago

Collectively intelligent bricks figure out if they’re in a boat, chair or...

What archaeology reveals about the rise of all-powerful rulers

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Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations. But when riches were there to...

New brain scan tool could help treat Huntington’s disease, a devastating genetic condition

2 days ago

Huntington’s disease is an inherited condition that gradually robs people of their...

Mathematicians discover the worst way to hang a painting

2 days ago

New solutions found to picture-hanging problems

2026 Ig Nobels honor cockroach milk, interspecies kissing, taunting venomous snakes, and more

3 days ago

The silliest science awards of the year are here, but the Ig...

Geometry Reveals the Tricks behind Gerrymandering

3 days ago

Some voting districts are tilted intentionally toward one party or another—a factor...

Pentagon pauses controversial testosterone policy guidelines

3 days ago

Experts say there is not enough evidence to support broadly screening men...

What’s the tech behind the record-breaking RSA-260 crack?

3 days ago

A researcher’s social media post revealing how to break part of a...

What a novel about a dating app for dead bodies reveals about human connection

3 days ago

Author Sarah Pierce explores dating apps, loneliness and human connection through a...

This star has the strangest sky in the galaxy

3 days ago

The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so...

‘Unparalleled’ study finds psilocybin protects against nerve damage from chemotherapy

4 days ago

The findings, which were made in mice, may offer a new way...

The spacecraft BepiColombo is finally nearing Mercury after 8 years in space

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In a critical maneuver on Thursday, the mission successfully deployed its two...