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Science news this week: The world's oldest rock art, giant freshwater reservoir found off the East Coast, and the biggest solar radiation storm in decades
4+ hour, 25+ min ago (963+ words) Jan. 24, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. This week's science news was filled with discoveries once thought lost to time " notably, the…...
Metal compounds identified as potential new antibiotics, thanks to robots doing 'click chemistry"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (756+ words) Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal. An iridium metal complex has been identified as a promising, if unconventional, new antibiotic drug, a new study finds. The compound is one of…...
Neuroscience word search — Find all the parts of the brain
4+ week, 1+ day ago (175+ words) Nicoletta Lanese is the health channel editor at Live Science and was previously a news editor and staff writer at the site. She holds a graduate certificate in science communication from UC Santa Cruz and degrees in neuroscience and dance…...
Guess the number quiz: Can you work out these scientific numbers and constants and top the leaderboard?
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (170+ words) Do you know your mathematical equations from your scientific constants? If you know your numbers then try our daily quiz. Whether you're cooking up chemistry, getting physical with physics or bending your mind over mathematics, one thing that remains constant…...
AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians?
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1746+ words) AI is making gains in solving pure math problems. Can it crack the hardest problems in mathematics? In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem that had stymied mathematicians for a century. In this…...
When an AI algorithm is labeled 'female,' people are more likely to exploit it
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (674+ words) People who played the "Prisoner's Dilemma" were less likely to cooperate when the other player was a male human or AI, and exploited female players. People are more likely to exploit female AI partners than male ones " showing that gender-based…...
The more that people use AI, the more likely they are to overestimate their own abilities
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (603+ words) Researchers found that AI flattens the bell curve of a common principle in human psychology, known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, giving us all the illusion of competence. But now, scientists at Finland's Aalto University (together with collaborators in Germany and…...
New 'Dragon Hatchling' AI architecture modeled after the human brain could be a key step toward AGI, researchers claim
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (557+ words) Scientists say a new kind of AI could bridge the gap between current systems and machines that learn and think more like us. Researchers have designed a new type of large language model (LLM) that they propose could bridge the gap…...
Science history: Russian mathematician quietly publishes paper — and solves one of the most famous unsolved conjectures in mathematics — Nov. 11, 2002
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (618+ words) Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincar" conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it. When: Nov. 11, 2002 Where: St. Petersburg, Russia On a cold day in November, a man living quietly in Russia posted a paper to a…...
Live Science crossword puzzle #14: Fast dinosaur with a killer toe claw — 14 across
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (113+ words) Test your knowledge on all things science with our weekly, free crossword puzzle! If you enjoyed this, see how quickly you can complete our most recent science crossword puzzle, updated every Monday. Note: Our crosswords are currently best experienced on…...