As AI systems began acing traditional tests, researchers realized those benchmarks were no longer tough enough. In response, nearly 1,000 experts created Humanity’s Last Exam, a massive 2,500-question ...

Scientists have successfully connected living human brain cells to a computer system and taught them to interact with the classic video game DOOM. The strange experiment marks a new step toward ...

For the past 50 years, this independent shop has held on against all odds. There were rent hikes, the Loma Prieta earthquake and the dot-com boom. Then came the economic recession, the pandemic and, ...

Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.

Around a dozen parents huddled in the dim hallway outside the courtroom in February, nervously gripping paper tickets. They were glaring at a gray tote bag held by a member of the court staff — the ...

Kayla Cruz started hunting for jobs in the New York region after she graduated from Northeastern University last May. She’s still looking.

War has caused huge harm to the fertile soil of what was one of the world's largest food exporters. Now British scientists are joining local experts in a fight to return it to health ...

Despite significant mathematical refinements, econometrics has shown the weaknesses of its logical underpinnings, primarily during economic turning points—financial crises, pandemics, and geopolitical ...