Skip to content
It’s a wonderful world — and universe — out there.
Come explore with us!
Subscribe / Renew Now
Menu
All Topics
Life
Animals
Brain
Plants
Fossils
Ecosystems
Microbes
Genetics
View All
Humans
Health & Medicine
Psychology
Archaeology
View All
Earth
Environment
Climate
Oceans
Agriculture
View All
Space
Planets
Planetary Science
View All
Tech
Computing
Artificial Intelligence
View All
Science News
Menu
All Stories
Collections
Explainers
Word of the Week
Experiments
Comics
Analyze This
Technically Fiction
Action for Earth
Cool Jobs
Invention & Innovation
Classroom Questions
About Us
Education Resources
Donate
Science News Explores
Search
Open search
Close search
Science News Explores
All Topics
Earth
Environment
Climate
Oceans
Agriculture
Humans
Health & Medicine
Psychology
Archaeology
Life
Animals
Brain
Plants
Fossils
Ecosystems
Microbes
Genetics
Physics
Materials Science
Space
Planets
Planetary Science
Tech
Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Chemistry
Math
Science & Society
All Topics
Life
Life
Animals
Brain
Plants
Fossils
Ecosystems
Microbes
Genetics
Recent posts in Life
Animals
A bonobo’s imaginary tea party hints that apes can pretend
By
RJ Mackenzie
3 hours ago
Oceans
The sea surface covered by seaweed is now as big as South America
By
Natasha Vizcarra
March 16, 2026
Ecosystems
The Okefenokee’s dark waters hold secrets about climate and more
By
Avery Elizabeth Hurt
March 12, 2026
Humans
Humans
Health & Medicine
Psychology
Archaeology
Recent posts in Humans
Health & Medicine
A new cell model could help kids and teens with arthritis
By
Maria Temming
March 10, 2026
Brain
Adolescence appears to last far longer than once thought
By
Alison Pearce Stevens
March 9, 2026
Animals
Mummies suggest a way to help reintroduce cheetahs to Arabia
By
Jake Buehler
March 3, 2026
Earth
Earth
Environment
Climate
Oceans
Agriculture
Recent posts in Earth
Oceans
The sea surface covered by seaweed is now as big as South America
By
Natasha Vizcarra
March 16, 2026
Ecosystems
The Okefenokee’s dark waters hold secrets about climate and more
By
Avery Elizabeth Hurt
March 12, 2026
Science & Society
Volcanic ash might have helped spread the Black Death to Europe
By
Carolyn Gramling
March 11, 2026
Space
Space
Planets
Planetary Science
Recent posts in Space
Space
Scientists Say: Bolide
By
Katie Grace Carpenter
March 16, 2026
Planets
Listen to the crackle of ‘mini-lightning’ on Mars
By
Nikk Ogasa
February 16, 2026
Space
Scientists Say: Spacetime
By
Katie Grace Carpenter
February 9, 2026
Tech
Tech
Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Recent posts in Tech
Earth
Build your own seismograph with this science activity
By
Science Buddies
March 9, 2026
Physics
Could a person ever wield lightning as a weapon?
By
Celina Zhao
March 2, 2026
Tech
New light-activated coating can kill stubborn germs
By
Stephen Ornes
February 25, 2026
Collection
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Here’s why AI like ChatGPT probably won’t reach humanlike understanding
By
Tom Siegfried
and
Maria Temming
April 29, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
‘Jailbreaks’ bring out the evil side of chatbots
By
Kathryn Hulick
April 18, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
How to design artificial intelligence that acts nice — and only nice
By
Kathryn Hulick
April 18, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
A new tool could guard against deepfake voice scams
By
Kathryn Hulick
April 15, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
AI learned how to influence humans by watching a video game
By
Matthew Hutson
April 10, 2024
Tech
Artificial intelligence helped design a new type of battery
By
Emily Conover
March 25, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
To ‘green’ AI, scientists are making it less resource-hungry
By
Kathryn Hulick
February 8, 2024
Tech
Talking through a tube can trick AI into mistaking one voice for another
By
Kathryn Hulick
October 23, 2023
Computing
Sleep helps AI models learn new things without forgetting old ones
By
Kathryn Hulick
February 22, 2023
Tech
Think twice before using ChatGPT for help with homework
By
Kathryn Hulick
February 16, 2023
Tech
Can a robot ever become your friend?
By
Kathryn Hulick
February 2, 2023
Computing
Scientists Say: Artificial intelligence
By
Maria Temming
January 9, 2023
Pagination Navigation
Previous
Go to page
1
Go to page
2
Go to page
3
Go to page
4
Next