Wargames are helping answer one of the biggest questions of the AI era: how machines might reshape human decision-making in war.
From early arcades to AI-generated worlds, video games have continually expanded the “magic circle” of play.
From snowboarding crows to salmon-hat orcas, scientists are uncovering the deeper evolutionary purposes of play.
Animal-to-human organ transplants promise a future where survival no longer depends on another person’s death.
A look at what could be if we ignore the doomers and make the most of AI.
The soils of “managed forests” can take decades to rebuild the carbon stocks and microbial communities found in undisturbed forests.
From WEIRD psychology to SHIT telescopes, researchers keep turning complex ideas into catchy shorthand.
A Columbia researcher argues that everything from stress to aging comes down to how energy moves through your body.
A growing movement is trying to turn energy directly into food — reviving an old dream of escaping the violence and inefficiency of eating.
Data centers consume enormous amounts of power, but their steady demand could make the grid more efficient — and lower costs for everyone.
A new generation of self-healing tools could make the U.S.’s aging power grid far more resilient against modern threats.
Mars was warmer and wetter long ago. If anything was alive there, what came next was either a tragedy or a masterclass in survival.
As AI overwhelms the web, we will need a way to distinguish people from machines.
AI is unlocking unprecedented capabilities — and exposing new vulnerabilities just as quickly.
A broken laptop hinge revealed a broader shift in how modern products are designed, sold, and owned
Instead of hauling heavy building materials across space, future astronauts may grow fungal shelters from spores, waste, and local regolith.
Cognitive flexibility, opportunistic survival, and social cooperation have allowed rats to thrive in conditions that wipe out other species.
Today’s AI is built to respond. The future belongs to proactive systems.
By treating the human body as an information system, scientists are using AI to simulate cells, visualize hidden biology, and detect disease at its earliest — and most preventable — stages.
New biotech tools could clean up everything from construction to agriculture.
Technology, shifting rules, and human ambition push athletes beyond biology’s perceived limits.
From global DNA screening standards to safeguards for benchtop synthesizers and AI tools, a new biosecurity playbook is taking shape.
The unanswered questions about sex, love, and pregnancy in space could shape the future of humanity more than we think.
10 million cars with autonomous features will be on the road by 2020. But they won’t just change the way we get around, they’ll transform our cities and our lifestyle preferences, from the morning commute to the suburbs we choose to live in.