The study found that there are concerns about the fairness and consistency of testing artificial intelligence (AI) models. (Image credit: Getty Images) Scientists who claim that AI chatbot testing favors Big Tech companies’ proprietary models are putting the test under…
Dire wolves are grey wolves with modified DNA. (Image credit: Colossal Biosciences) On April 7, biotech company Colossal Biosciences announced that it had recreated extinct dire wolves, stating outright that it was “the resurrection of a once-extinct dire wolf.” Shortly…
(Image credit: Future, Nikon, Unistellar, Canon) In honor of Allied Forces Day on Monday, May 26, 2025, we’ve rounded up the best deals on telescopes, binoculars, and cameras in our Allied Forces Day sale, allowing you to save up to…
The universe began with an explosion, but what are its prospects for ending? Scientists have several hypotheses. (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Scientists have a pretty good idea of how our universe began: According to the…
‘Super vision’ contact lenses and space station bacteria. (Photo credit: Yuqian Ma, Yunyo Chen, Hang Zhao/China Manned Space Agency) Jump to: This week’s science news opened with an announcement from former President Joe Biden’s office that an 82-year-old man had…
A composite image that illustrates the relative sizes of known dwarf planets in our solar system, including the newly discovered planet OF201 in 2017 (Image credit: Sihao Cheng et al.) Researchers have found evidence of a previously unknown dwarf planet…
Two human skulls were discovered in an Andalusian cave, one of which showed signs of decapitation and trepanation. University of Seville. The woman’s skull had a dent and obvious signs of decapitation. The findings, published in the journal PLOS ONE,…
Video: Man sleeps as giant container ship runs aground in his yard A Norwegian man woke up to find a giant cargo ship grounded just feet from his home. (Source: Associated Press) When Johan Helberg expressed a desire to have…
Jupiter’s radius was once twice as large as it is now, and the planet’s magnetic field was 50 times stronger than it is today. (Photo: K. Batygin) A new study suggests that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system,…
(Image credit: m_pavlov via Getty Images) A woman in the United States has died from severe neurological damage caused by an abnormal protein that was injected into her without her knowledge nearly half a century ago. Despite having no neurological…