When large language models (LLMs) are allowed to interact without any preset goals, scientists found distinct personalities ...

Gravity is supposed to be the most familiar force in nature, yet at the deepest level it remains the least understood. A bold ...

In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics ...

Cosmology has a way of turning everyday certainty inside out, and few ideas do it more brutally than the suggestion that your ...

The philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s latest book looks beyond happiness as the goal of a well-lived life.

Researchers from Skoltech have uncovered physical principles governing the remote "tuning" of nanocatalysts, where the ...

The research group Functional Materials for Sustainability and Resilience (FunMat4SuRe) at University of Seville (Spain) has demonstrated the efficacy of a new "criticality-aware design strategy," ...

As the value of digital assets continues to grow, so too does the risk landscape. Threat research and attack labs are working ...

Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...

Random number generators (RNGs) are the lifeline of all independently-played casino games. The reels on a slot machine, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to analyze medical images, materials data and scientific measurements, but ...