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Stories which cover trends and connections in AI, thought and science.
Dark Matter vs Antimatter: The Universe's Mirror Twin and Invisible Force
One explodes on contact. The other hides everywhere but never shows itself. Despite similar names, they couldn't be more different.
AI Mistakes May Be Mathematically Unavoidable
New research suggests that AI errors in healthcare aren't bugs to fix–they're baked into how the systems learn from data.
Did Mars Once Have a Tropical Climate With Millions of Years of Rainfall?
Light-colored rocks discovered by NASA's Perseverance rover suggest the Red Planet was far wetter than scientists imagined.
Most of the Universe's Atoms Are Missing – Until Now
Stars hold less than a tenth of the universe's normal matter. Astronomers just found where the rest has been hiding all along.
Three Hidden Skills Let Your Brain Decode What People Really Mean
MIT researchers tested 800 people and found pragmatic language ability splits into three distinct clusters of inference.
A Brain Cell That Always Knows Which Way You're Facing
Scientists found a neuron that tracks your direction whether you're sitting still or running–and losing it may explain Alzheimer's disorientation.
Your Good Mood Directly Fuels Creative Action
Tracking daily diaries from college students reveals that positive emotions predict tomorrow's creativity better than personality or IQ.
AI Model Analyzes Language Like a Linguistics Graduate Student
One AI system just diagrammed sentences, resolved ambiguities, and mastered recursion–metalinguistic abilities researchers didn't think machines could have.
Super-Recognisers Learn Faces by Looking at Them Differently
Eye-tracking reveals how some people naturally excel at remembering faces - and why the rest of us don't.
SAT Solvers Turn Math Problems Into Puzzles Machines Can Crack
A computer scientist uses simple true-false logic to solve problems that stumped mathematicians for decades.
