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What makes some scientists culturally significant, while others remain in obscurity? Well, there’s a science to it.

Scientists may have detected the somewhat smelly chemical dimethyl sulfide on a planet 120 light-years from Earth.

The right questions are those sparked from the joy of discovery.

Great genius is not born of lightning bolt-like moments of inspiration. In reality, perseverance plays the biggest role.

Leftover Cold War-era bunkers are still kept in a state of readiness to protect the population from nuclear war.

Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.

A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.

Historical geniuses used the "creative nap" to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the "hypnagogic state" can help with problem solving.

Our society mostly emphasizes developing logical, procedural thinking skills, but this isn't the only way to come up with great ideas.

AI was key to making Moderna's COVID mRNA vaccine. Its role in mRNA therapeutics will rapidly grow in the coming years.

Many Americans aren't rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.

If you give yourself and others space to tinker and experiment, then you might create something incredible. Here's how to do it well.

In the perilous mountains of Tibet, archaeologists unearthed ancient hand and footprints that seem to be the creative work of children.

From gene expression to protein design, large language models are creating a suite of powerful genomic tools.

“To take this in, you need to ride inside the mathematical symbols.” 

It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.

From DMT elves, to God, to the figures in our dreams — why are humans so obsessed with the supernatural?

This scientist made an algorithm to predict which artists succeed — all without even looking at their art.

When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.

This network scientist is creating a map of the human genome, and it could revolutionize the future of healthcare.

To do more, it sometimes pays to do nothing at all.

Due to deteriorating health, all Beethoven left behind for his final symphony were some musical sketches.

A marketing professional decided to think creatively and create a resume-bot. It helped him land 14 interviews and 11 job offers.

Left–Right, Back–Forth, Up–Down. What’s the fourth dimension?

When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.

Some would say AI is immortal and all-knowing — Godlike, even.

Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.

Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.

Without Benjamin List and David MacMillan, chemists would still be using metals and enzymes to catalyze chemical reactions.

The artifacts were often made from found objects – an Ivory dish-soap bottle transformed into an earthenware figure.