A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive
In 1889, a French doctor named Francois-Gilbert Viault climbed down from a mountain in the Andes, drew blood from his…
What Deathbed Visions Teach Us About Living
Chris Kerr was 12 when he first observed a deathbed vision. His memory of that summer in 1974 is blurred,…
This 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone Just Dialed In
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Subterranean ‘Baby Dragons’ Are Revealed to Sneak to the Surface
Scientists never imagined that the blind cave salamanders called olms willingly left their caves. But at numerous aboveground springs, there…
Elon Musk Has a Giant Charity. Its Money Stays Close to Home.
Before March 2021, Elon Musk’s charitable foundation had never announced any donations to Cameron County, an impoverished region at the…
Total Solar Eclipse of 2024: 31 Things to Do
On April 8, the moon will blot out the sun along a roughly 4,200-mile-long, 115-mile-wide path across North America. Where…
Richard Truly, 86, Dies; Shuttle Astronaut Who Went On to Lead NASA
In 1983, he commanded a Challenger shuttle flight. After the 1986 disaster, he was charged with leading NASA’s return to…
Cicadas’ Emergence May Feel a Little Wet From the Power of Their Pee
A new study reveals that cicadas can discharge urine with far more force than their size would suggest. This spring’s…
Surprise: An ‘Extraterrestrial’ Gadget Was Something More Familiar
In 2014 a fireball from outer space was posited to be an alien artifact. A recent study suggests otherwise.In January…
100 New Marine Species Discovered Off Coast of New Zealand
The findings, from the largely uncharted waters of Bounty Trough, show that “we’ve got a long way to go in…