Cantor’s giant softshell turtle: The frog-faced predator that spends 95% of its time completely motionless
These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst…
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Large language models not fit for real-world use, scientists warn — even slight changes cause their world models to collapse
Large language model AIs might seem smart on a surface level but they struggle to…
Study finds people in relationships tend to be happier than singles
A large-scale cross-cultural study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science found that people in relationships, particularly…
These are the lasting things that Half-Life 2 gave us, besides headcrabs and crowbars
It’s Half-Life 2 week at Ars Technica! This Saturday, November 16, is the 20th anniversary of the…
50 years on, Lucy still sparks our curiosity
Editor in chief Nancy Shute recounts the 50-year anniversary of the hominid’s discovery, which upended…
Readers ask about self-correcting quantum computers, oobleck’s experimental value
Readers wondered if mayo qualifies as a non-Newtonian fluid, and X user @Lightning456243 asked how…
Meet FRED: The world’s 1st-ever, nearly complete fossil database
The near-complete database reflects a spirit of trust and collaboration among the country’s scientific community…
The neuroscience of placebo analgesia: Brain pathway explains how expectations reduce pain
A new study has identified a specific brain pathway that could explain how positive expectations…
Where did the 1st seeds come from?
From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But…
‘Tour de force’ study may explain why trauma can lead to PTSD
Stress can shape how memories are formed, a study in mice suggests. The findings could…
A lot of people are mistaking Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites for UAPs
SpaceX’s Starlink Internet satellites are responsible for more and more public reports of unexplained anomalous…
Meteorite found in a drawer at university contains 700-million-year-old evidence of water on Mars
The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no…
Severe COVID-19 may shrink cancer tumors, early data suggest
Immune cells produced during severe COVID-19 infection may shrink tumors. The unexpected mechanism offers a…
Incel forums reveal persistent, widespread misogyny regardless of user engagement
According to a study published in New Media & Society, misogynistic language is pervasive within…
‘Another piece of the puzzle’: Antarctica’s 1st-ever amber fossil sheds light on dinosaur-era rainforest that covered South Pole 90 million years ago
Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But…
35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten with preserved whiskers pulled from permafrost in Siberia
Researchers have analyzed mummified remains pulled from Siberia’s permafrost in 2020 and determined they belong…
The best value rowing machine we’ve ever tested now has a $101 saving in this early Black Friday deal
The budget-friendly ProForm 750R rowing machine is even better value than ever with this price…
Save $110 on these amazing stargazing binoculars at Amazon
Explore the skies for less with the Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20×80 at their lowest price…
Female competition stress linked to disordered eating across the lifespan
Does rivalry among women influence eating habits? New research published in Adaptive Human Behavior and…
As ABL Space departs launch, the 1-ton rocket wars have a clear winner
A 7-year-old launch company that has yet to have a rocket successfully lift off announced…
The world’s largest coral was discovered in the South Pacific
The behemoth coral, discovered in October in the Solomon Islands, is longer than a blue…
‘It invites us to reconsider our notion of shadow’: Laser beams can actually cast their own shadows, scientists discover
After discussing the quirks in 3D modeling software, where a laser beam is treated as…
World’s biggest coral — so big it can be seen from space — discovered by chance off Solomon Islands
The world’s biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps —…
Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought
The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort…
