Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence: could a computer convince a human it was human? We have begun conducting the same test on ourselves, writes Max Moser ...

The wrongful arrest is just one of over a dozen in recent years linked to facial recognition technology.

The planet is warming faster than ever, and as it does, extreme weather is intensifying. Of those often dangerous events, almost half involve flooding. So to protect the world’s coastal cities and the ...

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal model—and what that could mean for mathematics. Reading time 10 minutes Will ...

AI math proof verification reached a new frontier as DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus solved nine open Erdős research problems with Lean-verified proofs, some unsolved for 56 years. The May 2026 Science Ne ...

President Donald Trump endorsed unsubstantiated claims about a link between Tylenol and autism Monday and made a variety of outlandish claims about childhood vaccinations, offering perhaps his most ...

Bob Beamon jumped so far at the 1968 Olympics that officials reportedly had to scramble for extra measuring equipment just to record the distance. Fourteen years later, Carl Lewis was left wondering ...

Cyprus is pleading with Labour to "Farage-proof" the two British military bases on the island amid fears Reform UK will win the next General Election. An Iranian drone struck RAF Akrotiri in March - ...

The waterlogged US Eastern Seaboard braced for more rain on Tuesday, after flash floods snarled travel, stranded vehicles and prompted emergency rescues. A flood warning remained in effect until ...