Science

Scientific papers may be getting a 21st century update.A system called Paper2Agent lets scientists do more than read a new scientific study. When a paper comes with code, methods and data, the system packages these into a tool set...

Nestled within a rebuilt inkjet printer, droplets of ink hang suspended above a page. Seen through a microscope, the droplets reveal how an inkjet printer produces crisp, uniform letters. Ole Bielfeldt, a design student in Cologne, Germany, has been photographing...

Cartwheeling seems like it should require both arms and legs. But some itty-bitty snakes in Southeast Asia manage it without either.Scientists first shared snapshots of a dwarf reed snake (Pseudorabdion longiceps) cartwheeling away from danger in 2023. Now, videos...

For decades, scientists have dreamed of getting Martian rocks into Earth’s laboratories — a Herculean feat that would revolutionize our knowledge of the Red Planet. An audacious mission from the Japanese space agency might offer the next best thing:...

Triceratops’ massive skulls were built for horn-to-horn grappling. The rhino-like Centrosaurus could withstand stabbing its nose horn up and down. And the parrot-faced Psittacosaurus would have been wise to avoid a fight: Its head was ill-suited to handle blows.New...

Six months after the Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the moon, the value of their closeup view is coming into focus. The first science results, released on October 7, reveal details of the moon’s array of colors,...

Available for 33 daysBack in May, we checked in on the developments in the eastern Pacific’s ocean currents, that we call El Niño. We said that stirrings in the surface suggested there might just be quite a big one....

Around the world, many people report distrusting their government. In some places, such as Latin America, North America, and Africa, trust in government has declined in recent decades. How can governments rebuild this trust?New research from the MIT Governance...

On paper, my interview with Casey Harrell looks like any other.I ask the questions, he answers them. He tells me about his background as a climate activist, his Southern roots and his daughter, who as a preschooler loved to...

“Exponentially exploding,” mathematician Thomas Bloom told me by phone, describing the flood of new results in his field. Little did he know that hours later, OpenAI was going to post 722 mathematical manuscripts an unreleased AI model had produced.The...