This post examines the evolution of robotic laboratories and outlines the key breakthroughs required to advance toward genuinely embodied scientific intelligence. The earliest defining milestone of ...

A pair of US researchers have developed a new model to tackle a deceptively simple problem: how a small block of ice melts while floating in calm water. Using an advanced experimental setup, Daisuke ...

Earth observation data underpin climate science, disaster response, and environmental policy, yet inconsistent grid definitions often limit their accuracy and reuse. Researchers now present a unified, ...

Moltbook is a forum designed entirely for AI agents. Humans can observe the forum posts and comments, but can't contribute.

Generative AI models have been used to create enormous libraries of theoretical materials that could help solve all kinds of ...

Discover how Oliver Williamson, a Nobel laureate, transformed economic thought with Transaction Cost Economics and influenced policy beyond traditional markets.

A network of ultra-competitive high-school talent streams has been turning out the leading lights of science and tech ...

The CRAFT method uses widely available materials and inexpensive commercial 3D printers.

The “one big breakthrough” pattern suggests that total citation counts can mislead. A researcher with one highly-cited paper and several uncited ones may have a more impactful trajectory than one with ...

OpenAI has launched a new scientific workspace program called Prism, which integrates AI into existing standards for composing research papers.

Amid the myriad discussions about AI – from the astounding amount of money being spent by vendors and enterprises and the ...

Now they’re being clogged with AI slop. Scientific publishing has always had its plumbing problems. Even before ChatGPT, ...