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Stories which cover trends and connections in AI, thought and science.
Gravity might be a push, not a pull
Could gravity be a push rather than a pull? New physics models suggest disorder itself creates attraction.
The Color That Doesn't Exist
Purple isn't real. It's a brain illusion created when red and blue receptors fire simultaneously.
Why astronauts keep their appendix these days
A once-dismissed organ now appears vital for gut health. Research links appendectomy to 73% higher colorectal cancer risk.
Self-Harm Risk Factors Traced to Parental Stress at Age Six
A Norwegian birth cohort study found that parental stress and negativity when children were six predicted self-harm risk factors in adolescence, years before...
Writing as Thinking: What Students Lose When AI Does the Work
Harvard neuroscientists explain why writing as thinking matters, and what students lose when AI writes their essays.
AI Reveals Our Galaxy's Black Hole Spins Near Maximum Speed
Neural network trained on millions of simulations finds our galaxy's black hole spinning near maximum velocity, with its axis pointed at Earth.
Black Hole Universe: Did Our Cosmos Bounce Instead of Bang?
New research proposes our universe formed from a gravitational bounce inside a massive black hole, not from a singular Big Bang creation.
AI Sketch Generator Learns to Draw Like a Human
MIT's SketchAgent is an AI sketch generator that draws stroke by stroke from text prompts, collaborating with humans in real time on a...
Mersenne Prime Record: 41 Million Digits Found by a GPU Cloud
Former NVIDIA engineer Luke Durant spent $2 million on cloud GPUs spanning 17 countries to find the 52nd Mersenne prime.
Why Does Ketchup Suddenly Start Flowing?
Scientists finally solve the ketchup bottle struggle by revealing how solid materials decide when to flow.
