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Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked…

The concept of terraforming Mars — transforming the planet’s climate to support life as we know it — has long belonged to the realm of science…

QUICK FACTSName: Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis)Where it lives: Northern Pacific, from Washington to Japan and north into the Bering SeaWhat it eats: Small fish, jellyfish,…

From hunting prey to finding mates and avoiding predators, the ability to detect odors is crucial for survival in the animal kingdom.But which species reigns supreme…

This week’s science news started off with a bang as Europe’s largest active volcano erupted Monday morning (June 2), spewing ash and black smoke around 21,300…

Scientists have unveiled the largest map of the universe ever created. Stretching across a tiny sliver of space and almost all cosmic time, it includes almost…

The main problem with big tech’s experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) is not that it could take over humanity. It’s that large language models (LLMs) like…

Quick facts about the sunHow big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) acrossHow far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km)What type of…

Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than experts thought, according to an artificial intelligence (AI) analysis.Consisting of about 1,000 ancient manuscripts etched onto…

A weak layer of crust deep below the floor of Italy’s Campi Flegrei causes the caldera to undergo periods of earth-trembling unrest, new research has found.According…