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A study published in July 2025 claimed the Centaur AI model could simulate and predict human behavior with astonishing accuracy. A counter study raises doubts.

Researchers used two AI systems, Robin and Co-Scientist, to collapse the timeline from idea to drug candidate. The post AI Lab Partners Are Rewiring the Hunt for New Drugs appeared first on SingularityHub.

Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, researchers can effective...

Serotonin is a key driver of cognitive flexibility by actively reducing "belief stickiness", the tendency to cling to outdated assumptions despite contradicting real-world evidence.

A single dose of psilocybin provides up to a month of nerve pain relief and fundamentally supercharges the efficacy of traditional painkillers.

Experts say the Ebola outbreak raging in Central Africa could be challenging to contain due to ongoing conflict in the region and a lack of vaccines and international aid.

Why do heart attacks so frequently trigger severe depression, anxiety, and accelerated dementia? A new study maps the "heart-brain axis," proving that dying cardiac tissue releases a toxic metabolic byproduct cal...

Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the events that formed them over just one Mercurian day

A "foundational" study found that the brains of children with ADHD matured later, but that finding was likely a mirage tied to issues with how the children were followed over time.

The weight-loss effects of semaglutide depend on boosting a signaling molecule called cAMP within appetite-regulating neurons in the area postrema.

Why do some multiple sclerosis patients deteriorate rapidly while others experience mild symptoms for decades? A post-mortem neuro-audit reveals that severe MS progression is linked to "foamy microglia", brain im...

The mechanism of high-temperature (TC) superconductivity is a key challenge in condensed matter physics. Recently, Chinese scientists made significant progress in the study of high-TC nickelate superconductors.

Dead seal pups on a Canadian island have been found with mysterious spiral-shaped injuries for years. The wounds were thought to be the work of sharks or boat propellers, but new research confirms a different cause.

When they reach the bottom of a soap dispenser, frugal handwashers might try adding water to the bottle to push out the last bit of soap. But usually, the water drills right through the soap and jets out an only slightly...

We all feel emotions like anger and disgust from time to time, but they seem to cause stronger bodily sensations when they're politically induced

A technique that has rewritten the timeline of prehistoric art may be overestimating the ages of cave paintings, some scientists say.

Diamond is extremely valuable to science and technology not for its sparkle but for its extreme hardness, high thermal conductivity, transparency to a large fraction of the light spectrum, and a host of other exceptional...

Vaccine misinformation, nurse and doctor shortages and crowded living arrangements may be behind soaring rates of diphtheria in remote Indigenous communities in Australia

Scientists have identified potentially cancer-causing chemicals hiding in many everyday foods, especially those exposed to high heat cooking methods like grilling, roasting, smoking, and frying. The compounds, known as P...

A new clinical trial suggests that eating beef every day may not be as risky for people with prediabetes as many assume. Researchers found that adults who ate 6-7 ounces of beef daily for a month showed no worsening in b...

Neptune has a complicated life story, and its moon Nereid might be the only one left standing from the planets multibillion-year history.

Life on the International Space Station may feel distant, but columnist Graham Lawton finds that studying how astronauts experience accelerated ageing could help us fight similar effects on Earth related to sedentary lif...