Our brains keep on whirling long after we drift off to sleep. Each night, the hippocampus, a major hub for learning, replays experiences from the previous day and etches them into memory. And even in ...

It's a step change in cybersecurity. Exploits that would take experts weeks to develop can now be generated in hours. Concerns about AI's ability to turbocharge cybersecurity threats have been ...

A paralyzed woman can again communicate with the outside world thanks to a wafer-thin disk capturing speech signals in her brain. An AI translates these electrical buzzes into text and, using ...

Hydrogen gas produced by geological processes beneath Earth's surface has been touted as a promising clean energy source. A new study provides the first solid evidence that it could be a practical and ...

For most of us, a locust swarm sounds like an utter nightmare. For roboticists, it’s inspiration. Nature abounds with creatures that cooperate with a “hive mind.” From bees gathering pollen to schools ...

It’s hard to picture a keyboard layout other than the one we know best. From laptops to smartphones, it’s an integral part of our digital lives. Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have now ...

We all talk to ourselves in our heads. It could be a pep talk heading into a wedding speech or chaotic family reunion or motivating yourself to quit procrastinating. This inner speech also hides ...

As the race to harness quantum computing accelerates, governments are throwing their hats in the ring. The US Department of Energy is now aiming to build a fully functional, fault-tolerant quantum ...

It’s a bizarre sight: With a short burst of light, a sponge-shaped robot scoots across a tiled surface. Flipped on its back, it repeatedly twitches as if doing sit-ups. By tinkering with the light’s ...

While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own planet, not even making it through the thin crust. Roughly 3,000 ...

The global investment frenzy around AI has seen companies valued at trillions of dollars and eye-watering projections of how it will boost economic productivity. But in recent weeks the mood has begun ...

"Unitree is already one of the most recognizable names in the humanoid robot industry, but now it’s pursuing even nicher sci-fi tech: giant mech suits. The Chinese robotics company has debuted the ...