Researchers found a surprising way to train AI: by making it play Battleship. While today’s AI excels at answering questions, it struggles with asking the right ones—a critical skill for solving complex problems. Scientists at MIT and Harvard tested this by creating a version of Battleship where AI
Plex started as a way for people to organize and share their personal media collections at home. But over time, it’s changed a lot. Now, instead of just being a digital library, it’s adding features that make streaming more social and interactive. Soon, users can create and share custom lists of mo
Angola’s Lisima plateau, a rarely explored highland that feeds major African rivers, has become the focus of an exciting new biological survey. Scientists and explorers from Africa and abroad trekked into this isolated area, overcoming muddy roads, broken equipment and the lingering danger of malari
A small biotech company is getting a big boost from artificial intelligence in its search for cancer treatments. Instead of relying only on lab tests and guesswork, the firm is using AI to speed up how it designs and picks new drug candidates. This approach isn’t just a small tweak—it’s reshaping ho
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the toughest cancers to treat, with most cases spotted too late for effective therapy. A big challenge is its ability to spread quickly, thanks to a process where cancer cells lose their original traits and become mobile. This process, called epithelial-mesenchymal t
New York City is packed with people, buildings, and noise. But beneath that concrete jungle, tiny creatures are hiding in plain sight. Scientists think the city might be home to hundreds or even thousands of unknown insect species. Not giant animals like pigeons or squirrels—but small flies, wasps,
Deep in the Galápagos waters lives a small blue octopus most people have never seen. It’s so tiny it fits in the space between a person’s palm and middle finger. Scientists first spotted this creature in 2015 using a robot camera diving about a mile and a half below the surface. The creature captur
This year’s standout young researchers and entrepreneurs in Asia are tackling big challenges in science and healthcare. Their work spans from decoding brain signals to designing AI tools that respect privacy. Some, like Hikari Okita, dive deep into genetics, studying xeno-nucleic acids (XNA). Unlike
Researchers recently found a bright purple-and-orange moth hidden in Crete’s White Mountains, and they gave it an unusual name: the Pope Leo moth. The new species wasn’t just another discovery—it was hiding in plain sight. For years, scientists had been calling it by another name, Pyralis kachetical
A physicist who blends science and poetry has just dropped a fresh book that flips the script on how we think about space and time. The new release skips the usual heavy math explanations and instead cruises through the cosmos using rhythm, words, and personal reflection. Early readers noticed how t
