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December 6, 20255 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAre We Seeing the First Steps Toward AI Superintelligence?Today’s leading AI models can already write and refine…

The Guardian has learned that couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of…

Credit: Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has released a mathematical reasoning model that can identify and correct its own errors. The model…

If the moon were to suddenly turn to cheese, the movie pitches would be insufferable. Astronauts would be irritated, grad students would be demoralized and news…

Does the rise in diagnoses of ADHD mean that normal feelings are being “over-pathologised”? The UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, seems to suspect so. He is…

Residents remove their belongings from flood-damaged homes in Meureudu, Indonesia.Credit: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA/ShutterstockIn late November, three tropical cyclones — Senyar, Ditwah and Koto — devastated cities and…

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible

A groundbreaking soil-health measuring technique could help avert famine and drought, scientists have said.At the moment, scientists have to dig lots of holes to study the…

More than 60% of researchers surveyed about AI say they use it for work.Credit: MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via GettyScientists are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI)…

December 4, 2025 Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhy Leftover Pizza Might Actually Be HealthierResearchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—creates “resistant starch,” a…