U.S. tariff threats could fuel maple syrup fraud, but AI could help navigate this sticky situation
Maple syrup, often called Canada’s “liquid gold,” has long been a target for fraudulent activities,…
How does your brain create new memories? Neuroscientists discover ‘rules’ for how neurons encode new information
Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a…
Indicators of alien life may have been found – astrophysicist explains what the new research means
What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi…
Google loses online ad monopoly case. But it’s just one of many antitrust battles against big tech
Tech giant Google has just suffered another legal blow in the United States, losing a…
Scientists found a potential sign of life on a distant planet – an astronomer explains why many are still skeptical
A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying…
All models are wrong − a computational modeling expert explains how engineers make them useful
Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had…
Most bees nest in the ground. Offering rocks and gravel is a simple way to help them thrive
Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground.…
Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in an enormous tunnel under the Swiss Alps?
The Large Hadron Collider has been responsible for astounding advances in physics: the discovery of…
How social media can negatively impact our mental well-being
Imagine a tribe of uncontacted hunter-gatherers in the deepest Amazon rainforest. Anthropologists airdrop dozens of…
OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots based on large language models are known to occasionally make…