Bots masquerading as humans in a game outperformed their human opponents—but the their superiority vanished when their machine identity was revealed. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Journalist and author Beth Gardiner talks about her new book Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution. And CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna talks about gene editing. | Continue reading
The effect needs to be factored into adaptation strategies, which will differ from city to city | Continue reading
Humans everywhere bring together pitch, tempo and the like in a similar fashion | Continue reading
Activity in this circuit predicted which animals would keep drinking despite negative consequences | Continue reading
After two decades in space, the world’s leading x-ray telescope is still revealing new secrets of the cosmos | Continue reading
Some cosmetics and deodorants contain chemicals that, when released into the air, may pose a risk to human health | Continue reading
Researchers activated specific brain cells in zebra finches to teach them songs they'd ordinarily have to hear to learn. | Continue reading
The Presidential candidates have varying plans to promote electric vehicles and public transportation | Continue reading
Lightweight, flexible patch conveys a tactile sensation directly to the skin | Continue reading
Two teams of astronomers using ground-based telescopes to study gamma-ray bursts have detected the highest-energy light ever seen from celestial sources | Continue reading
Inside the effort to understand wildfire season’s scariest phenomena | Continue reading
Japan’s KAGRA observatory set to begin operations by the end of 2019 | Continue reading
Fluctuating levels of the atmospheric gas, a potential tracer of alien life, have left researchers mystified | Continue reading
Pet dogs appeared more interested in videos of a bouncing ball when the motion of the ball matched a rising and falling tone. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The trend contradicts concerns of a “global stilling,” with implications for wind energy | Continue reading
Students were given placebos and told they were placebos, yet the intervention helped | Continue reading
Young arachnids may see the world in as much detail as adults | Continue reading
Growing evidence from mouse studies suggests that a healthy microbiome might improve poststroke outcomes | Continue reading
Everything from bacon consumption to kidney function can skew cannabidiol dosing | Continue reading
Money will be redirected to clean energy innovation, efficiency and renewables | Continue reading
Scandinavia’s Sami people, who had herded reindeer for generations, had never been protesters. Until now | Continue reading
Forming lasting memories appears to depend on an interaction between glial cells and brain waves that are produced during sleep | Continue reading
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A slick coating, inspired by the carnivorous pitcher plant, could halve the liquid needed for flushing | Continue reading
Most of the time we don't know if they are better than the old ones | Continue reading
Scientists aim to make the search for extraterrestrial intelligence academically respectable | Continue reading
Scientists aim to make the search for extraterrestrial intelligence academically respectable | Continue reading
The end of the horse-drawn era; the fascinating “Cardiff giant” hoax, and more | Continue reading
Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis discovered five ceramic vats containing residues consistent with brewing beer. | Continue reading
Marine biologist Robert Kenney of the University of Rhode Island offers the following explanation: | Continue reading
Scientists and policy makers assess whether California’s utilities will have to regularly cut power over the next decade to lessen huge wildfires | Continue reading
While the number of deaths has gone down since 2013, new infections—such as the deadly Candida auris—have appeared | Continue reading
A pilot study is ongoing with the new tool | Continue reading
Global warming is already affecting public health, and efforts to address the problem are inadequate, a new report says | Continue reading
Amid privacy concerns, the tech giant plans to monitor mobility, menstruation and hearing via users Apple watches and iPhones | Continue reading
A psychologist general, on par with the surgeon general, would ease our minds | Continue reading
The compound is found in everything from coffee to cookies, but the research on its efficacy is scant | Continue reading
More intense heat waves can destabilize the components of munitions, particularly where explosives are not properly stored | Continue reading
Cats are clingier to their human owners than their reputation would suggest. Karen Hopkin reports. | Continue reading
An ability to read and write, even with little or no schooling, could offer protection | Continue reading
An ability to read and write, even with little or no schooling, could offer protection | Continue reading
A new algorithm counteracts the distorting impact of water | Continue reading
While the frontrunners all want to reduce carbon emissions, their proposed policies vary on issues like nuclear power | Continue reading
Findings fuel hopes for improved food-crop efficiency | Continue reading
An interactive system produces levitating images by projecting color onto a tiny bead as it zips around a darkened box | Continue reading