Cancer blood tests are everywhere. Do they really work?
A man in a car looks down at his phone. “No cancer signal detected,” says a message on…
these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud
Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty All major large language models (LLMs) can be used to either commit academic fraud or…
Why ‘quantum proteins’ could be the next big thing in biology
Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For…
Universal work extraction in quantum thermodynamics
Preliminaries We consider a quantum system in contact with a thermal bath of inverse temperature β associated with…
Earth’s oldest crystals suggest an early start for plate tectonics
A scientifically faithful impression of Earth during the Hadean eon.Credit: Southwest Research Institute/Simone Marchi Ancient rock crystals from…
five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots
In the early 1980s, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described the computer as “a bicycle for our minds”. He…
The hidden lives behind China’s great Internet firewall
The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet Yi-Ling Liu Alfred A. Knopf (2026)…
The age of animal experiments is waning. Where will science go next?
Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of…
What’s the best way to change research fields? These three scientists have ideas
Jumping to a new research topic is intimidating but can enable diverse teams and creative breakthroughs.Credit: Getty In…
Health effects linger 20 generations after rats are exposed to fungicide
Rats that had ancestors who had been exposed to a fungicide experienced health problems. Credit: Kseniia Glazkova/Alamy Exposure…