When astronomers first picked up a perfectly regular radio heartbeat from deep space in 1967, some of them half-jokingly labeled it a message from “little green men.” That signal, from a spinning ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco there’s a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of it—every ...

As the use of generative AI becomes increasingly common, we must beware of an algorithmic colonization of language and ...

A team of astronomers found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it is an extraterrestrial spaceship. The comet was confirmed in July 2025 as the third known object to enter our solar ...

Australian scientists have unveiled an idea that could one day help humanity speak to extraterrestrial intelligence — and the key, they say, is already buzzing around on Earth. If humans ever make ...

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