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Will AI Ever Win a Nobel Prize?

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2025/10/08

Some researchers think artificial intelligence could produce Nobel-worthy research, but others question whether autonomous AI scientists are possible or even desirable

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After 30 Years of Discovery, These Are Astronomers’...

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2025/10/08

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits

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Why Scammers Target Seniors—And What You Can Do About It

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2025/10/08

Millions of older adults lose their savings to scams every year. There are ways to reduce the risk

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AI Scans Tongue Color to Predict Diseases

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2025/10/08

Inspired by principles from traditional Chinese medicine, researchers used AI to analyze tongue color as a diagnostic tool—with more than 96 percent accuracy

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2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That...

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2025/10/08

Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and possibly deliver drugs to specific areas of the body

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Explores Cold War...

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2025/10/08

Astronaut-turned-author Chris Hadfield discusses his new thriller Final Orbit, which weaves real cold war history, space race geopolitics and firsthand experience into a gripping work of fiction.

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Supreme Court Weighs Colorado’s Ban on Scientifically...

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2025/10/07

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, an ineffective and often harmful practice targeting LGBTQ+ youth, violates a therapist’s right to free speech

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Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard...

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2025/10/07

Babies process foreign languages they heard in utero much like their mother tongue, researchers find

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First-of-Its-Kind Kidney Transplant Could Lead to...

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2025/10/07

A man diagnosed with brain death received a kidney that was modified to be type O, which is compatible with all blood types

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2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Researchers Who...

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2025/10/07

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world

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South Africa’s Coast Is Rising—And Scientists Have a...

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2025/10/07

Human water management contributes to sinking land across the globe, and it may also be responsible for an unexpected rise

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Fired CDC Director Susan Monarez Speaks Out on...

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2025/10/06

“I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details

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Stunning Cat Photos Reveal Feline Science

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2025/10/06

Tim Flach captures his fascination with the science of cats in stunning photographs from his new book Feline

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Mathematicians Discover Prime Number Pattern in...

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2025/10/06

Mathematicians have found a new way to predict how prime numbers behave

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Saturn’s Moon Enceladus May Harbor Life. Study Finds...

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2025/10/06

Saturn’s moon Enceladus shows signs of life-supporting chemistry, fungi may have shaped Earth before plants, and repeat COVID infections raise long-term health risks for kids.

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2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded...

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2025/10/06

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune diseases

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Is Dark Energy Born inside Black Holes?

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2025/10/04

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery

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Ocean Acidification Threshold Pushes Earth Past...

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2025/10/03

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods

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What is Knot Theory? Solve These Puzzles to Find Out

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2025/10/03

Learn the fundamentals of the burgeoning field of knot theory while solving some puzzles along the way

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How Can Galaxies Recede from Us Faster Than the Speed...

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2025/10/03

When space itself expands, weird things can happen—like galaxies breaking the universe’s ultimate speed limit

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