2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (778+ words) Years of work on a problem about gaps in prime numbers was instantly eclipsed by machines Mathematicians have long studied patterns in the gaps between prime numbers. Now AI is joining in. On the last day of August, a human…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (151+ words) For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe fluid flow, break down. OpenAI put thousands of agents on the question....

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (326+ words) Have you ever written a letter to your future self? The theory goes, this type of “future self-continuity” exercise helps us to emotionally invest in our own stability and swap short-term impulses for smarter choices with long-term outcomes. But that’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (426+ words) A new study shows that digital twins don’t respond like the individuals they were modeled after A new study suggests that behavioral scientists should use digital twins with caution. Replacing human subjects with AI surrogates, or digital twins, is on…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (151+ words) Three species preferred different people based on their skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help make new microbe-based repellants....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (786+ words) Science News Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is defined by its pressure. But getting oxygen to the patient is a separate engineering problem, with a narrow set of correct answers. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy raises the air pressure around a patient so that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (182+ words) A week-long brain mapping session can lead to lasting relief, a case series of three pain patients shows....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (262+ words) Though textbooks assign them a passive role, motor neurons can help coordinate movements Certain motor neurons organize fruit fly sucking through a domino-like activation sequence, with each neuron activating its target muscle while sending signals back to the brain to…...