In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill.

Imagine a swarm of robots rushing to complete an urgent job, such as cleaning up an oil spill or assembling complex machinery. At first, adding more ...

A simple idea turns into an unpredictable experiment as strangers are invited to spray paint a blank canvas. With no control ...

How do you stop robotic traffic jams? Researchers found that adding "noise" or randomness to robot paths optimizes swarm efficiency, proving that swarms don't need central AI to avoid gridlock.

What’s it like to have a diary that talks back to you, offering comments and advice on your hopes, fears and lunch plans? I spent two months finding out ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful tool for one of science’s most ambitious goals: detecting life beyond Earth. But a new study warns that current AI systems may be fundamentally ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

We thought it was evolution, but an experiment with pencils shows that tips like teeth and thorns may owe their rounded shape ...

The RNA world hypothesis posits that molecules made up of ribonucleic acids (RNA) are responsible for kickstarting evolution ...

Scientists show DNA polymerases can build long, patterned DNA without a template called "doodling," opening new paths for ...

Most of us have been stung by a bee, bitten by an animal, or scratched by a thorny bush. But very few of us have probably taken a close look at ...

Have you ever looked up at the sky and spotted a face in the clouds? If so, you’re not alone, this surprisingly common ...