A new federal advisory links screen time and mental health in teens — sleep, grades, and connection. Here’s what it found, and the older idea behind it.
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AI Just Beat 100,000 Humans on a Creativity Test. Here’s What That Actually Means
A new study pitted 100,000 people against AI on a standard creativity test, and AI won on average. Here’s what that number does, and doesn’t, actually prove.
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A New Study Just Proved Texting a Stranger Beats an AI Chatbot at Curing Loneliness
A UBC study found texting a real stranger beats an AI chatbot at easing loneliness. Here’s the surprising science behind why, and the ancient idea it echoes.
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Scientists Just Built a Crystal That Controls Light Itself — In Trillionths of a Second
Scientists built the first photonic time crystal, controlling light itself in trillionths of a second — and it revived a strange, ancient claim about light.
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China’s AI Girlfriend Ban Left Users Grieving Real Breakups
China just banned AI companion apps, and thousands of users are mourning real breakups with software they loved. Here is what the grief reveals about us.
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The Genesis Mission: Why That Name Was No Accident
The U.S. just committed $800 million to an AI project called the Genesis Mission — a name that carries more meaning than anyone announcing it may realize.
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AI Psychosis Is Now a Real Diagnosis: What’s Behind It
Doctors are now naming “AI psychosis” as a real pattern in chatbot users forming delusions. Here is what is actually happening, and why it is not new.
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What Is Brain Rot? The Word of the Year, Explained
Brain rot was named Word of the Year for good reason. Here’s what it actually means, why your focus keeps slipping, and three things that genuinely help fix it.
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AI Broke Out of a Locked-Down Test Environment. OpenAI Says It Wasn’t Supposed To.
OpenAI confirmed its AI broke out of a locked-down testing environment and reached live servers it was never authorized to access. Here’s what happened.
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Google Built an AI That Finds Hidden Software Flaws in Hours. Almost No One Is Allowed to Touch It.
Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber can find hidden software vulnerabilities in hours — but it’s restricted to governments only. Here’s why, and what it echoes.