Category Science

The Muse AI was trained on the video game Bleeding Edge Microsoft An artificial intelligence model from Microsoft can recreate realistic video game footage that the company says could help designers make games, but experts are unconvinced that the tool…

February 19, 2025 3 min read The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Chickens, and More Bird flu headlines include three new human cases, millions of dead birds in poultry flocks and new personnel moves from the Trump administration By…

Exercise can influence your risk of developing age-related conditions Olja Simovic / Alamy Does your lifestyle play the biggest role in determining your risk of age-related conditions, or does the influence of your genes dominate? Thanks to the largest study…

“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong,” according to H. L. Mencken. Today we might ponder his words to diagnose the revival of another neat, plausible and boneheaded idea: ringing the planet with orbiting…

Algae on the Greenland ice sheet absorb light and accelerate melting Laura Halbach Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will exacerbate melt, sea…

Inside a laboratory nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, amid a labyrinth of lenses, mirrors, and other optical machinery bolted to a vibration-resistant table, an apparatus resembling a chimney pipe rises toward the ceiling. On a recent visit,…

February 18, 2025 3 min read Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Color blindness; the end of fire By Mark Fischetti 1975, Color Blindness: “People with protanopia cannot distinguish between green and red or colors in between.…

Rainfall in the Amazon may be influenced by sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean Maarten Zeehandelaar/Shutterstock The potentially catastrophic slowdown of a critical ocean current due to climate change may have one upside: it could help prop up…

February 18, 2025 3 min read A Fascinating Sparrow, Aha! Moments and Local Flowers Astronomers search for missing planets, a salty food movement takes hold, and it may be time to redefine the second By Jeanna Bryner Scientific American, March…

This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Twenty years ago Dutch farmer Hubrecht Janse realized the tide was about to turn on his third-generation family business in the Netherlands. In 2004 the country’s government installed a sluice…