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AI not yet good enough to grade university essays, rewarding 'style over substance'

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Ancient seas get a new T. rex as massive mosasaur emerges from Texas fossils

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Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US, study finds

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When neighborhoods burn, the smoke carries more than soot

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Complexity isn't subjective—the right amount results in new material properties

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Gaze into the Crystal Ball Nebula and see the light emitted by a dying star 1,500 years ago

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Evolutionary arms race stretches hawkmoths and flowers to extremes

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Particle-by-particle tracking reveals uneven nanoparticle drug release

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Widespread AI misuse forces higher education to rethink assessment

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A new light-based sensor could help make ultrasensitive disease testing more portable

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Why promising CO₂-to-fuel catalysts keep falling short of copper

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Macrocyclic host molecules observed working together on a surface

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Some democracies are struggling to ensure safe drinking water

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Multiplexed method reveals protein energy landscapes across 10 domain families

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Extreme Lunar conditions need an extreme test rig

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Overpopulation can impair fertility. A new study explains why

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The Ancient Roots of “Sewer Socialism”

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Financial inclusion not only results from economic growth, but may also drive it

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Faster gene screening method targets deadly fungus

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Q&A: The democracy lessons of Latin America's left

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Cell-by-cell sodium mapping reveals astrocytes are far less uniform than believed

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Study of Rwandan young adults highlights gaps in digital financial literacy

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Chimpanzees reveal 69 socially learned behaviors, nearly doubling known cultural repertoire

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After Two Centuries of Mystery, This Is How Tobacco Plants Make Nicotine

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Historic plant collections offer a window into genetic change

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Coupled DNA nanopores control molecular traffic inside synthetic cell microreactors

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Hidden structural features inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid may have helped it withstand earthquakes, new study finds

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Dual-atom fuel cell catalysts break single-peak rule, exposing two optima

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Why digital literacy needs constant updates to help protect teens online

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Hantavirus found in shocking number of Pacific Northwest rodents

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Why some antibiotics fail in the body—pH conditions can dramatically change how bacteria respond

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Polarized elections do not erode support for the basic principles of democracy, study suggests

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Are Humanoid Robots the End of Human Work?

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Central Asia's record-breaking ice loss in 2025 raises water risks for millions

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Playing the entrepreneurial game can turn job loss into opportunity

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Fertilizer: The forgotten history linking the agricultural commodity and empire in wartime

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Bacteria found in artisan cheeses may ease disease

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Musk's SpaceX bonus comes with unique condition: Colonize Mars

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JWST sees partly cloudy skies on a distant, giant exoplanet

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El Niño could curb Atlantic hurricanes in 2026, with eight to 14 storms forecast

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Wildlife is watching us, too—and changing behavior in response

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Quantum supremacy just ran into an unexpected rival: An ordinary laptop armed with new math

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Astronomers de-fog exoplanet atmospheres with new cloud-detecting method

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What are misfluencers and what can be done about false information online?

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When One Dead Whale Becomes a Decades-Long Buffet

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Scientists discover why gold doesn’t ‘rust’

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A new study says you need 10 hours of exercise a week. Can that really be possible?

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New tools may help diagnose Parkinson’s earlier than ever

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Cell movement in the embryo: Zebrafish study shows that without keratin, nothing moves

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AI can design cities, but can it understand what matters to people? 10 ways to keep humans in control

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