Every New Year’s Day, the first thing I publish is a compendium of inspirational quotes, one for each of the next 365 days ...

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This article was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Earlier this year I got an Oura ring to track the state of my health. Soon ...

AI Disney's embarrassing AI-generated Star Wars video of scrambled-up animals was the opening salvo in a year full of AI humiliation Battle Royale 2025 was Fortnite's most topsy-turvy year ever with ...

AI has the potential to short-circuit the learning process for many students by giving them a tool that will do much of their work for them. To avoid this, schools must adopt clear value statements ...

One minor but arresting fact of U.S. history is the huge amount of alcohol the average American consumed in 1830: 7.1 undiluted gallons a year, the equivalent of four shots of 80-proof whiskey every ...

A new peer-reviewed analysis shows K-12 students who got regular access to social and emotional learning had better test scores and better grades. There's been some debate about whether schools should ...

Remembering the stars and notable figures who've died this year, including Val Kilmer, Michelle Trachtenberg, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Robert Redford, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Diane Keaton, and more.

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable objects—suggesting that dark matter had a hand in its formation. According to Einstein’s ...

A snake in southern California was craving more than rodents and birds this week, so it stopped at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru to get some grub. An employee at the burger chain’s Monrovia location ...

A python that startled diners at a Monrovia In-N-Out drive-thru has been reunited with its owner, the Pasadena Humane Society said. The 4-foot-long, 3.6-pound snake was found on Tuesday at the newly ...