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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

"Not everything about our lives can be measured and automated and optimized, and it shouldn’t be. And so the tech industry is rushing forward to put AI everywhere at enormous cost—energy, emissions, ...

The heart is a biological wonder. It beats roughly 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Unlike skin cells, which regularly die off and regrow, a healthy adult heart hardly regenerates at all—even ...

The bacteria grew, thrived, and divided for hundreds of generations. But they were unlike any other living creatures on Earth. These synthetic cells, called Ec19, were the first to have had one ...

For years, tech companies have profiled users for targeted ads. AI is about to take it to the next level. Hundreds of millions of people consult artificial intelligence chatbots on a daily basis for ...

AI long ago surpassed humans at games like chess and Go. Now it's powering robots that can challenge top athletes. Peter Dürr could barely follow the table-tennis ball as it zoomed across the net, ...

AI has aced medical exams, but there's a wide gap between tests and the real world. A new study suggests the divide is closing. Emergency doctors make high-stakes decisions in fast-paced, often ...

As robots move into the real world, they’ll need to become more adaptable. But right now, it’s hard to transfer skills from one machine to another. A new system makes this possible. One of the most ...

Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world’s ...