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A mother chimpanzee processing oil palm nuts with stone tools at Bossou. The mother (Jire) is 42 years old, and she is accompanied by her two children. Credit: Tetsuro Matsuzawa

When Chimpanzees Grow Old Their Tools Begin to Slip

Fluorescent microscopy images from validation of the expression of optogenetic proteins (channelrhodopsin, halorhodopsin) in dopamine neurons. Credit: Sara Morrison / University of Pittsburgh

Why Some Rats Lick the Bell and What It Reveals About the Human Brain

Synthesis and electrochemical CO2RR performance of Cu/CP hybrid catalysts. Credit: Advanced Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202501021

Scientists Turn Carbon Emissions into Clean Fuel with Breakthrough Copper Catalyst

Schematic depiction of the TOI-2109b system, illustrating the primary physical and orbital parameters that describe the evolution of the system in response to tidal interactions between the planet and its host star. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal (2025). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ade057

Doomed Giant Planet Spirals Toward Fiery Death in Deep Space

Adult male Phyllostomus hastatus, captured on 30 July 2024 in the Lacandona rain forest, Chipas, Mexico. A) Facial view. B) Forearm length measurement. Credit: Check List (2025). DOI: 10.15560/21.4.652

Giant Bats Discovered in Mexico’s Ancient Ceiba Trees

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Can AI Learn Empathy—or Only Fake It?

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The Day AI Writes a Love Poem That Makes You Cry

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What Happens When AI Understands Humor?

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Could Your AI Friend Break Your Heart?

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How AI Is Helping Us Discover What Makes Us Unique

The Emotional Bond People Form with Their AI Assistants

The Emotional Bond People Form with Their AI Assistants

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Can AI Make Us More Human?

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Why Humans Fall in Love with Machines

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Could AI Be the Therapist of the Future?

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How AI Is Quietly Shaping the Way You Think

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Scientists Find Diet, Not Laziness, Fuels Global Obesity

An artist’s illustration depicting the central regions of the binary system PSR J1023+0038, including the pulsar, the inner accretion disc and the pulsar wind. Credit: Marco Maria Messa, University of Milan/INAF-OAB; Maria Cristina Baglio, INAF-OAB

Astronomers Crack the Mystery of a Star That Feasts and Flashes

Saber-toothed cats of the genus Smilodon devouring their prey. A loss of diversity occurred due to fewer herbivores to prey on, which led to extinction. Credit: Felipe Capoccia/UNICAMP

Predators and Prey Waged an Ancient Battle That Doomed Saber-Toothed Tigers

Hominin footprints in Pleistocene coastal deposits. Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-06089-4

Footprints on Ancient Dunes Reveal Neanderthal Families Hunted Together by the Sea

Credit: U. S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory

Scientists Hear a Quantum Echo Hidden Inside Superconductors

The team has developed remarkably efficient and bright green-emitting QRLED. It shines three times brighter than older QRLEDs, achieving record peak luminance levels. Credit: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Scientists Create the Brightest Green Light Ever Seen

Two-dimensional posterior probabilities obtained in our analysis of the SXS:BBH:0926 numerical relativity simulation. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02579-7

How Scientists Are Sharpening Our Cosmic Hearing to Unlock Black Hole Secrets

The overturning circulation in the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean. (A) Horizontal view of the ocean circulation in the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean. Warm Atlantic Water (AW) is transported northward by the North Atlantic Current (NAC), Norwegian Atlantic Current (NwAC), and West Spitsbergen Current (WSC). The AW enters the Arctic Ocean through the Barents Sea Opening (BSO) and Fram Strait (FS) and flows along the Atlantic Water Boundary Current (AWBC), before returning southward in the East Greenland Current (EGC). Cold, dense overflows (black arrows) exit the Nordic Seas through Denmark Strait (DS) and Faroe-Shetland Channel (FSC). The background color shows bottom depth in GLORYS12. Credit: Årthun et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eadu1794

Arctic Waters Step In to Save Atlantic Currents but Scientists Warn Time is Running Out

Realistic reconstruction of Vulcanoscaptor ninoti. Credit: Jesús Gamarra / IPHES-CERCA

Ancient Mole Found in Spain Turns Out to Be an Unexpected American Cousin

Credit: Science Bulletin (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.06.040

Secrets in a Stone Belly Reveal Pterosaurs Were Plant Eaters

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Alzheimer’s Leaves Clues in Blood Years Before Memory Fades

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When AI Learns Lies: Can Machines Be Deceptive?

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Why AI Sometimes Makes Mistakes No Human Would

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The Puzzle of Whether AI Has Feelings

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Could AI One Day Dream Like Humans Do?