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Whether you're a seasoned tourist or an emerging explorer, delegating travel planning to artificial intelligence (AI) agents is becoming the norm for many travelers.
Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover measured the fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles found clinging to samples of spacesuit …
From jays that seem to say "sorry" to insects that play, signs of emotional inner life across the animal kingdom are giving us new perspectives on wha…
'The fact that I get to work with some of the greatest creators and artists working today feels like a dream.' Matt Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl" …
U.S. Senate races are increasingly decided by national forces rather than state-level politics or incumbency advantage. That makes election forecasts …
Wharton experts are raising concerns about AI-driven financial market manipulation and runaway technology in a new paper titled "Financial Market Frag…
Earth may have produced much of its water during the planet's formation, as rocky pebbles reacted with the hydrogen-rich atmosphere surrounding the yo…
As Scotland's recycling rate falls to its lowest level in five years, Kevin Keane looks at what happens to our rubbish.
An experimental medical device uses a tiny amount of electricity to spark a chemical reaction and remove extra sugar from the bloodstream. An experime…
Bat populations across the United States face numerous threats, and one of the biggest may be the number of collisions with wind turbines. According t…
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The spacecraft is designed to drag two dead satellites into Earth's atmosphere, where they are expected to disintegrate. The mission is slated to laun…
In representative democracies, it is important that climate change policies are developed through transparent processes and with citizen representatio…
Around 121 million years ago, somewhere in modern northeastern China, an early bird took to the skies. If you drew its silhouette, you'd notice someth…
If we're to follow the philosophy of organizer extraordinaire Marie Kondo, a tidy home is a better home.
The well-known star Betelgeuse has a mysterious houseguest—and it's shaking the rafters, rattling the pipes and slamming the cupboards (metaphorically…
The high salt concentration in the Dead Sea drives the warming and shrinking of the lake, and something similar may have happened in the Mediterranean…
The Lycurgus Cup, a world-renowned 4th-century A.D. artifact housed in the British Museum, is constructed of "dichroic" glass that shifts from jade gr…
Taiwan’s military has vowed to remain vigilant against mainland Chinese intelligence-gathering activities after Beijing released high-resolution satel…
The auction of the rare skeleton comes amid debate in the scientific community about whether dinosaur remains should end up in private hands or public…
Environmental regulator Sepa says households recycled 42.8% of waste in 2025 - down from 44.3% the previous year.
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere rose to record highs in 2025, locking in climate impact that will persist for centuries to come, the U…
More than one in 10 Malaysian men have borrowed money to pay for dates, while nearly six in 10 usually pick up the entire bill, a survey has found. Th…
The country is braced for the third storm in as many days as communities continue to clean up after the weekend.
