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  1. Artificial Intelligence

    A conference just tested AI agents’ ability to do science

    AI promises to speed up scientific analysis and writing. However, AI agents struggled with accuracy and judgment.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  2. Humans

    Napoleon’s retreating army may have been plagued by these microbes

    DNA from Napoleonic soldiers’ teeth uncovered two fever-causing bacteria that may have worsened the army’s fatal retreat from Russia.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Humans

    Brain cancer can dissolve parts of the skull

    Glioblastoma doesn't just affect the brain. It also erodes bones in the skull and changes the composition of immune cells in skull marrow.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Animals

    Subway mosquitoes evolved millennia ago in ancient Mediterranean cities

    A variety of subway-dwelling mosquito seems like a modern artifact.