The smart animal club continues to add new members, and the newest might…
What happens when an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you?
That’s not a hypothetical. According to Barmak Meftah, a partner at cybersecurity VC…
Your chances of catching a cold—and how miserable it feels—may depend more on your body than on the virus itself. When rhinovirus, the leading cause of the common cold, infects the lining of the nose, cells in the nasal passages immediately…
Could the power of positive thinking be enough to boost your immune system? According to a recent study, the answer may be yes, offering fresh insight into how mental and physical approaches to health could be combined.
The idea is not as…
January 19, 2026
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A tool-using cow is challenging what we know about farm animal intelligence
A pet cow named Veronika uses tools in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live…
China is getting close to launching a large space telescope to orbit along with its Tiangong space station, and scientists have just completed a full observation simulation in preparation.
The bus-sized Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) —…
For the first time ever, a cow has been documented not only using a tool but selecting which part to use when scratching at different parts of her body.
Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do it themselves using the power of brain scans and positive thinking, according to a new study published on Monday in…
Around the world, wildlife and environmental crime is surging. It is estimated to be the fourth largest organized transnational crime sector, and to be growing at a rate two to three times faster than the global economy.
