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A few years ago, ChatGPT couldn’t do simple arithmetic. Now, some experts say that AI could make mathematicians obsolete.

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A young macaque at a zoo in Japan has a fan base that can’t get enough of him. Why are we so invested in the social life of one cute monkey?

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Flowers are known for their beauty, but biologist David George Haskell argues they are also critical to the diversity of life as we know it.

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April 1 marks 50 years since the founding of the Apple Computer Company, and we're diving into some of the company's ...

When the cattle on Wilbur Earl Tennant’s farm began to mysteriously fall ill and die, he suspected it wasn’t what the animals were eating—it was what they were drinking. Editor’s note: In 1999, Robert ...

The scene begins innocently enough. An unsuspecting pearl fisher paddles through the water, going about his business. Waves gently buffet the diver as he nears a coral reef, and crabs scuttle into ...