China launches ‘human artificial embryos’ to space for the first time
China has become the first nation to send “human artificial embryos” to space in a bid to better understand how microgravity and cosmic radiation may...
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Can AI really simulate human thinking? Research casts doubt on an influential study, suggesting an advanced model was just really good at memorizing patterns.
Researchers have cast doubt on an influential 2025 study that claimed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model could accurately simulate human thought. That study, published...
1,200-year-old giant ‘death jar’ in Laos contains generations of human skeletons
Archaeologists excavating an unusual “death jar” in Laos have discovered that it was used to collect the partly decomposed remains of multiple generations of people...
‘Speculation’ and ‘egregious failure’: 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in Chile
A controversial study published in the journal Science in March claimed that Monte Verde, a 14,500-year-old Paleo-Indian archaeological site in Chile that is one of...
More polar bears are approaching human sites as the climate warms, and it’s not just the skinny ones
Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another....
New AI model spots pancreatic cancer up to 3 years earlier than human doctors in test
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model can help doctors detect pancreatic cancer up to three years before physicians typically spot tumors on CT scans, a...
Poop-encrusted chamber pots from the Roman Empire reveal oldest known human cases of Crypto parasite
Urine and fecal residue encrusted on the inside of ancient Roman chamber pots unearthed in Bulgaria has revealed the world’s oldest known evidence of humans...
‘We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past’: Malaria influenced early humans’ migrations across Africa, study suggests
The risk of malaria influenced where prehistoric people lived in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study suggests. The research is the first to link early human...
New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time
An Australian startup is building what could become one of the world’s first “biological data centers” — augmenting silicon computing chips with those seeded with...
Your New Therapist: Chatty, Leaky, and Hardly Human
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”...