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Amazon’s iconic pink river dolphins are facing a dramatic population decline, and scientists are rushing to uncover the reasons. Climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, and illegal ...

Google has introduced an AI system named AI co-scientist. Built on Gemini 2.0, it helps scientists in creating new research hypotheses and plans. The system uses natural language to understand ...

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Google's new artificial intelligence (AI) tool has cracked a problem that took scientists a decade to solve in just two days. José Penadés and his colleagues at Imperial College London spent 10 ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest human face in Western Europe, potentially rewriting the story of human evolution. The ancient human nicknamed 'Pink' lived in Spain's Iberian Peninsula ...

After months of frenetic research, scientists are edging closer to understanding why the planet has been so hot since 2023. That year, the average sea surface temperature across the world hit a ...

Google's new artificial intelligence (AI) tool has cracked a problem that took scientists a decade to solve in just two days. José Penadés and his colleagues at Imperial College London spent 10 years ...

This photo provided by João Zilhão shows forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child that appeared to have features from both humans and Neanderthals. (João Zilhão via AP) 33,571 ...

Scientists have long struggled to determine the size of the megalodon because no complete fossil of the extinct animal has been found. Past studies have estimated the megalodon’s length and ...