An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly reflecting shapes to tile a surface, researchers uncovered a method that links ...

Sandia National Labs today released an update on its neuromorphic computing research. Inspired by the architecture of the ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

Is the inside of a vision model at all like a language model? Researchers argue that as the models grow more powerful, they ...

Veronika Koren talks about pursuing a theory of neural coding that doesn’t fit a simple narrative, and the resilience it took to see it through.

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists ...

How much does it matter where you are born, or whether you are heavy or light, if you are a house sparrow? Researcher Kenneth ...

Brian P. Lazzaro from Cornell University discusses the role of dynamic feedbacks in determining infection outcomes ...

National precipitation forecasting has for decades been hamstrung by static and inadequate climate models, but new tools are ...