2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1803+ words) Ghost references" and other hallucinations also haunt research journals A citation includes information about a book, article or other source of information. Students often need to include citations in reports. But beware. Chatbots sometimes invent or garble citations, offering "sources…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1859+ words) These "recipes" are behind everything from choosing a dog to what"s on social media How do all of those puppy videos, celebrity stumbles, new dance moves, makeup tips and wacky car crashes end up in your social media feed?...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (622+ words) The designs of flowers on Halafian pottery were made almost 8, 000 years ago. Some show regular patterns in the number of petals. Floral designs on pottery made almost 8, 000 years ago may be more than just art. They appear to be the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1809+ words) Most evolved slowly " some over centuries " which shows math to be a living language Modern math relies on a whole zoo of notations and symbols to stand in for words. But they didn't exist for much of math's history. Historians…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1803+ words) Mirror-image forms of molecules, medicines and materials play important roles Your hands and feet mirror each other. They have chirality. This means one can't exactly overlap the other. Most shoes and gloves only fit well onto one or the other…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1405+ words) They're the first working genomes " complete sets of DNA " ever designed by machines Two AI models generated " from scratch " multiple genomes for bacteria-killing viruses. In lab dishes, some of these AI-designed viruses were more effective assassins of bacteria than a…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1726+ words) First named in 1975, these irregular shapes forever changed math and science The outermost shapes here almost look like seahorses. If you zoom in on them, you'll see more, smaller seahorses. Zoom in on those, and you'll find even more seahorses....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1767+ words) You can defy gravity using sound waves, magnetism or even electricity In Avatar: The Last Airbender, waterbenders can levitate liquid water and solid ice. With a simple swish-and-flick of his wand, Ron Weasley yanks a troll's club high above its…...