Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were ...

High school science teachers can design tasks that not only develop students’ science skills but also change how they see ...

OpenAI just revealed what its new in-house team, OpenAI for Science, has been up to. The firm has released a free LLM-powered ...

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive.

A researcher has created a chatbot that is indistinguishable from human participants in online surveys. Some researchers fear ...

Prism aims to move ChatGPT into scientific writing as OpenAI signals plans to share in future profits. Some are warning ...

Chiba, Japan, January 12, 2026—A team at Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) has published a field-defining Perspective that places the societal payoff of quantum ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

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PM, you have three tabs open with 40-minute lecture videos, a 50-page PDF that feels like it’s written in a different language, and a looming exam that’s starting to feel like a nightmare.