Scientists warn that current AI tests reward polite responses rather than real moral reasoning in large language models.

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Several studies have predicted that not all geomagnetic reversals have been discovered, but it was unknown in which periods they might be hidden. Researchers led by the National Institute of Polar ...

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A mysterious gravity dip beneath Antarctica is growing stronger, shaped by deep Earth forces over millions of years.

Google will invest $30 million in AI to revolutionize climate science, global health, and innovative advances.

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I break down scientific models showing what could happen if a large asteroid struck Earth.

Science is a subject built on doing. Students learn chemistry through titrations, biology through dissections, physics through motion experiments, and earth science through field observations. That ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies? The Earth system is a vast ...

If executed at the scale, Musk's orbital data center plan could have devastating effects on the environment and the ...