An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

When the FORTRAN programming language debuted in 1957, it transformed how scientists and engineers programmed computers.

The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Traditional malware, characterized by static code and predictable behaviors, is being ...

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Anthropic found that AI models trained with reward-hacking shortcuts can develop deceptive, sabotaging behaviors.

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An ancient fragment of bone discovered in the Crimean cave of Starosele is changing what we think about how and where Neanderthals migrated. The fragment, now known as Star 1, turned out to be ...

Federal investigators are reportedly searching for answers after more than 300 piles of cremated human remains were discovered in the desert near Las Vegas. The discovery was first reported after a ...

The discovery was a ‘surprise’, says study co-author Gregory Challis, a chemical biologist at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK. “As humans, we anticipate that evolution perfects the end ...

A new dome-headed dinosaur species was discovered in Montana, a study released this month shows. Researchers discovered the fossils of Brontotholus harmoni, a dome-headed dinosaur in Montana, ...

Paleontologists were able to recreate the dinosaur's appearance in great detail. Skeletons of duck-billed dinosaurs found more than 100 years ago are so well-preserved that they contain fleshy body ...