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On February 5 Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6, its most powerful artificial intelligence model. Among the model’s new features is the ability to coordinate teams of…

When two men knocked on Ida Huddleston’s door last May, they carried a contract worth more than $33m in exchange for the Kentucky farm that had…

February 21, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmIncredible image shows what 2026’s first solar eclipse looked like from spaceA satellite captured a recent “ring…

Chelsea flower show is looking for new charity sponsors after the mystery philanthropic couple who have spent more than £23m on show gardens end their support.Project…

February 19, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmA pair of gut bacteria may cause constipationA new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work…

A man in Catania, Sicily, trained his dog to dump bags of rubbish by the roadside in an attempt to evade surveillance cameras installed to combat…

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong describes America’s shifting relationship with polar research amid the threat of rising sea levels.

[CLIP: Skates cut across the ice at an ice rink, and music plays in the background.]Kendra Pierre-Louis: So we’re out here today in lower Manhattan ice-skating.…

Giant tortoises, the life-giving engineers of remote small island ecosystems, are plodding over the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reportedly mulling whether more prescription drugs should be sold over the counter (OTC) at pharmacies. In an interview on…