Forecasts of explosive AI progress predict that what researchers call recursive self-improvement is on the horizon.  But a new study suggests that it might take a while for us to get there. The ...

AI companion toys for neurodivergent children promise connection and therapy, but can they deliver for the long haul?

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Reuel is co-lead of a new research project, called the AI Observatory, that aims to fill in the gap. It’s a public platform that aggregated and analyzed real AI conversations wi ...

Human spaceflight has been racking up new milestones. But we’re still grappling with a fundamental question: Why go in the first place?

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The global gold rush for underground stores of hydrogen fuel continues. But researchers are still sorting out how much of the ...

A researcher was there to unveil the Human Cell Atlas, an ambitious project that aimed to map every cell in the human body.

AI agents that can model the human process of research will accelerate discoveries in science. Every few decades, someone ...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch at the end of August, is uniquely well-placed to help us spot any ...

The Pacific Ocean gets a lot of sunlight, warming up the water’s surface. In normal conditions the trade winds, caused by ...

AI agents can instead model the iterative, highly contingent process of actual research. While tools like AlphaFold apply a ...