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DeepMind Can Now Beat Us at Multiplayer Games, Too
Chess and Go were child’s play. Now A.I. is winning at capture the flag. Will such skills translate to the real world?
By Cade Metz
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Chess and Go were child’s play. Now A.I. is winning at capture the flag. Will such skills translate to the real world?
By Cade Metz
Discovering the rodent’s imperviousness to a stinging chemical compound may lead to advancements in pain treatment for people.
By Cara Giaimo
A slab of rock and the methods used to study it could offer clues to when a behavior common in fishes first evolved.
By Lucas Joel
The full power of the biggest temblors could be determined in as little as 10 to 15 seconds after they begin, a new study finds, and long before it ends.
By Robin George Andrews
This week could be your chance to take “the best sunset picture of the year” in New York.
By Nicholas St. Fleur
Instead of synthesizing new biochemicals from scratch, the Nobel Prize-winning chemist puts nature to the task — with astonishing results.
By Natalie Angier
Before 1919, cosmology was as subjective as art criticism. A solar eclipse, and a patent clerk’s equations, changed everything.
By Siobhan Roberts
In a significant escalation, policymakers are seeking to undermine or discard research showing the most dire risks of inaction on climate change.
By Coral Davenport and Mark Landler
New evidence suggests that the endangered population lost much of a critical food source, but may be stabilizing slightly as it shifts territory to feed elsewhere.
By Karen Weintraub
Most snails are righties. Now scientists have found genes that make some of them born with shells coiling the other way.
By JoAnna Klein
A discovery in a fossilized mouse could help scientists work out the true colors of dinosaurs and other creatures from prehistory.
By Cara Giaimo
In a new study, women scored better on tests they took in warmer rooms.
By Veronique Greenwood
Researchers delved into the physics of conching, the stirring process that transforms ground cacao into a meltingly smooth treat.
By Veronique Greenwood
Thermal imaging reveals surprisingly little “glue” between the famous rock’s face and sheets that are peeling off it.
By Katherine Kornei
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