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A new study shows learning to fly in virtual reality with virtual wings can reshape the brain, making it treat wings more like body parts.
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
Gases jetting out of Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák may have caused it to reverse its spin in 2017, possibly leading to its eventual destruction.
AI agents are starting to work in teams, but without careful organization, groups of bots can easily fall into chaos.
Scientists tracked mantis strike force from youth to adulthood, showing females eventually hit far harder than males. Why is a mystery.
Satellite data show that U.S. cities have more nighttime cloud cover than nearby countryside, and building height and density help explain why.
A robotic hand with fingernail-like tips lets robots peel fruit, open lids and pick up thin, flat objects with more precise, human-like dexterity.
Suitable milkweed habitat in Mexico may shift south, fracturing existing migration routes and possibly pushing some butterflies to stay put.
Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be automated.
The work suggests early Homo sapiens developed enduring artistic practices as they moved through the islands of Southeast Asia.
The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.
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