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Could Your AI Friend Break Your Heart?
One evening, Mara sat curled on her couch, phone resting on her chest like a sleeping pet. The voice in…
How AI Is Helping Us Discover What Makes Us Unique
In the soft hum of server farms and the silent flow of digital data, something extraordinary is happening—a transformation not…
The Emotional Bond People Form with Their AI Assistants
It begins innocently. A question asked to a disembodied voice. A weather forecast requested. A gentle chime signaling that the…
Can AI Make Us More Human?
There is a particular hush that descends on a room when the question is asked. It’s the kind of question…
Why Humans Fall in Love with Machines
One crisp November evening in Tokyo, a young woman named Sakura slips on her virtual reality headset. She’s exhausted from…
Could AI Be the Therapist of the Future?
In the quiet of a bedroom at 2 a.m., a young woman named Lena lies awake, tears sliding into her…
How AI Is Quietly Shaping the Way You Think
It doesn’t whisper your name or knock on your door. It doesn’t arrive with fanfare or wear a metallic face.…
Scientists Find Diet, Not Laziness, Fuels Global Obesity
For decades, the battle over what’s fueling the world’s obesity crisis has been a public health tug-of-war. One side blames…
Astronomers Crack the Mystery of a Star That Feasts and Flashes
High above the Earth, in the dark ocean of the cosmos, a tiny yet mighty beacon spins at breakneck speed,…
Predators and Prey Waged an Ancient Battle That Doomed Saber-Toothed Tigers
Long before humans etched history into stone, an invisible drama played out across plains and forests, where claw met hoof,…
Footprints on Ancient Dunes Reveal Neanderthal Families Hunted Together by the Sea
Long before sunseekers strolled the golden sands of Portugal’s Algarve coast, another set of footprints crossed those shores—left not by…
Scientists Hear a Quantum Echo Hidden Inside Superconductors
Picture a vast hall where whispers bounce off the walls, returning to the speaker’s ears as echoes. Now shrink that…
Scientists Create the Brightest Green Light Ever Seen
In the fast-moving world of digital displays—where every pixel competes for brilliance—green has long been the elusive champion. It’s the…
How Scientists Are Sharpening Our Cosmic Hearing to Unlock Black Hole Secrets
High above our heads, in the vast black ocean of space, titanic forces clash in silence. Black holes—cosmic beasts so…
Arctic Waters Step In to Save Atlantic Currents but Scientists Warn Time is Running Out
In a world growing hotter and more chaotic by the year, scientists have been nervously eyeing the Atlantic’s hidden heart.…
Ancient Mole Found in Spain Turns Out to Be an Unexpected American Cousin
Under the silent watch of an extinct volcano in northeastern Spain, a tiny creature lay undisturbed for more than three…
Secrets in a Stone Belly Reveal Pterosaurs Were Plant Eaters
In a world once ruled by giant reptiles and the shadows of swooping wings, a small flying creature carried a…
Alzheimer’s Leaves Clues in Blood Years Before Memory Fades
Deep inside the labyrinth of the human brain, a silent storm may begin decades before memories slip away or names…
When AI Learns Lies: Can Machines Be Deceptive?
A few decades ago, the notion that machines could lie would have sounded absurd—as if a toaster might gossip or…
Why AI Sometimes Makes Mistakes No Human Would
On a quiet afternoon in 2014, a group of researchers fed a photo of a panda into an advanced image…
The Puzzle of Whether AI Has Feelings
There’s a moment — often brief, sometimes unsettling — when a person speaks to an AI, hears it respond with…