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Artificial intelligence is already disrupting industries from banking and finance to film and journalism, and scientists are investigating how AI might revolutionize their field—or even win a Nobel Prize.This article is brought to you by […]

A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions gives voice to the forgotten women who cared for England’s most vulnerable children while battling their local authorities.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

The European Union’s chief on Tuesday warned that the continent was “losing ground” in the global technology race and must boost research spending to “turn the tide”.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Argentine biochemist Alejandro Nadra worries that President Javier Milei’s budget cuts will undo his scientific quest to unravel the cause of genetic diseases that disable and kill millions.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

As summer approaches, the threat of bushfires looms. Earlier this month, an out-of-control blaze in Sydney’s northern beaches burnt more than 100 hectares of bushland, threatening nearby homes.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

This week, biologists tracked down a mysterious group of orcas near Chile; Hubble spotted a black hole jet that causes stars along its trajectory to erupt; and researchers explained mysterious craters that began appearing in […]

Linguists have long known that sign languages are as grammatically and logically sophisticated as spoken languages—and also make greater use of “iconicity,” the property by which some words refer to things by resembling them. For […]

“Stranger churches”—Protestant congregations that welcomed speakers of certain languages other than English—in early modern London had “eyes everywhere” to hear, spread and dispel gossip in multiple languages, according to new research.This article is brought to […]

When scientists make important discoveries, both big and small, they typically publish their findings in scientific journals for others to read. This sharing of knowledge helps to advance science: it can, in turn, lead to […]

Housing, climate, cost of living, health—the multitude of interconnected crises the world is facing has spawned a new term: “polycrisis.”This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.