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Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity.

In 2014, the British philosopher Nick Bostrom published a book about the future of artificial intelligence with the ominous title Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. It proved highly influential in promoting t...

On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death.

Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago.

A new type of ultrafast memory uses optical signals and magnets to efficiently process and store data.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Google CEO Says Over 25% of New Google Code Is Generated by AI Benj Edwards | Ars Technica “We’ve always used tools to build new tools, and developers are using AI to continue that tradition. ...

The northern sea robin is a strange-looking fish with legs that it uses to "taste" the seafloor.

Scientists have developed a novel polymer-based therapy that could slow Huntington's disease progression by preventing harmful protein clumps in the brain. In a mouse model, this polymer therapy effectively halted cell d...

Researchers have identified specific cell types in the amygdala linked to anxiety, revealing potential new targets for treatment. By analyzing gene expression in human and macaque brains, scientists discovered clusters o...

NOAA shared new images taken by the world's first operational space-based coronagraph, CCOR-1, captured during a solar storm outburst.

The far-reaching impact of certain viruses on the body can make cells grow out of control, causing cancer.

Scientists have just broken a 100-year-old chemistry rule and synthesized a type of 3D, unstable molecule called an anti-Bredt olefin.