Privateers pillaged British merchant ships in the name of liberty — and profit.
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A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
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Two mounds of rice and a tiny flag in a sea of curry is enough to re-heat an old territorial conflict.
Scientists at the San Diego Zoo are on a mission to resurrect the extinct northern white rhino.
Digitized logbooks from the 1800s reveal a steep decline in strike rate for whalers.
These alien-like creatures are virtually invisible in the deep sea.
All of these conflicts have a long history. They may also have a long future.
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As always, aDNA research raises as many questions as answers.
The more horror we consume, the harder it becomes to find a good scare. These genuinely unsettling movies should get you in the mood for Halloween.
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
These enormous centipedes are straight out of science fiction.
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Six visionary science fiction authors on the social impact of their work.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Both journalists have put themselves in danger to shed light on corruption and abuses of power in their home countries.
Nietzsche both wished he was as stupid as a cow so he wouldn’t have to contemplate existence, and pitied cows for being so stupid that they couldn’t contemplate existence.
A cartogram makes it easy to compare regional and national GDPs at a glance.
On long-haul flights, some airlines show shipwrecks on their in-flight maps. The aim is to entertain; the result is often to horrify.
Sometimes, new combinations of preexisting things revolutionize life.
The first of many dodecahedrons was unearthed almost three centuries ago, and we still don’t know what they were for.
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, greenest sources of power. But could it have the sneaky side-effect of changing the weather?
That’s as fast as a bullet train in Japan.
By the end of this decade, Seabed 2030 wants to produce accurate maps for the remaining 80 percent of the ocean floor.
Social media distorts the reality of the public sphere.
Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.
Scientists are befuddled by where the shark gets most of its food.