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When Will Mind Uploading Become Reality? A Neuroscientist's View
Georgia Tech neuroscientist Dobromir Rahnev expects digital immortality to happen, but not for at least 100 years. Here's why mapping the brain is...
AI scores 81% on emotional intelligence tests. Humans average 56%.
AI now outsmarts humans at emotional intelligence tests, scoring 82% compared to our 56%.
How Did Planets Form? The Gas Giants Arrived First
Gas giants like Jupiter formed first in our solar system, then shaped Earth's position in the habitable zone through gravitational migration.
Dyson Swarms May Destroy Themselves Before We Find Them
Breakthrough Listen physicist Brian Lacki calculated why Dyson sphere megastructures may collapse in cascading collisions long before any civilization can detect them.
How a 300-Page Proof Tamed the Chaos of Turbulence
Three mathematicians used a 300-page proof to confirm superdiffusion in turbulent fluids, solving a puzzle that began with a Parisian balloon race in...
Pope Leo XIV, Villanova Math Major: When Infinity Met Faith
Georg Cantor wrote to the Pope about infinity. Nearly 140 years later, a Villanova math graduate became Pope Leo XIV.
Viking DNA: What Ancient Genetics Reveals About Modern Scandinavians
Modern Scandinavians carry Viking ancestry, but genetic research reveals the story is more complex than national myths suggest. The Black Death and subsequent...
Do Other Planets Have Seasons? Why Earth's Are Rare
Earth's Moon prevents our axis from wobbling wildly, keeping seasons stable. Mars and Uranus show what happens without that protection.
Space Exploration's Robot-Human Partnership Takes Shape
As robots venture into environments no astronaut could survive, NASA develops humanoid machines to work alongside future space explorers.
Why Some Planets Have Moons and Others Don’t
A planet’s gravitational reach determines its moon count. Saturn wins big. Mercury never had a chance.
