Human Thought Is Far Slower Than Your Internet Connection
A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the…
Indian Ocean Tsunami Was the Deadliest in History. 20 Years Later, Challenges Still Remain.
Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without…
The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024
Every year has its breakout stars, and 2024 yielded a bumper crop: Glen Powell, Chappell Roan, Pommel Horse Guy.But only…
20 Big Cats Die From Bird Flu at a Washington Sanctuary
More than half of the cats at the sanctuary in Shelton, Wash., died of the virus over the past several…
William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97
He laid the foundation for sociolinguistics, and he showed that structures like class and race shaped speech as much as…
The 12,000-Year-Old Wolves That Ate Like Dogs
Animal remains unearthed in Alaska give clues to how wolves were domesticated.As the Late Pleistocene ice age drew to a…
Elon Musk Is Creating His Own Texas Town. Hundreds Already Live There.
Employees of SpaceX have filed a formal petition to create the city of Starbase. Its first mayor would be a…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will Attempt the Closest Ever Pass of the Sun’s Surface
This Christmas Eve, a vehicle will travel at incomprehensible speed around a celestial object to bring wonder to the people…
Kilauea Volcano Erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island
Scientists said that the main hazard from the eruption on Monday was increased levels of volcanic gas.Kilauea, one of the…
How Hallucinatory A.I. Helps Science Dream Up Big Breakthroughs
Artificial intelligence often gets criticized because it makes up information that appears to be factual, known as hallucinations. The plausible…