Stories by Nicola Jones

Scientists warn against reading too much into a small experiment about ChatGPT and brain activity that is receiving a lot of buzz

A state of the AI industry report shows that 2024 was a breakthrough year for small, sleek models to rival the behemoths

Emerging AI services present scenarios that could challenge the laws over rights to a persona

A new report finds that AI matches or outperforms people at tasks such as competitive math and reading comprehension

A marine scientist discusses the problem of plastic pollution and her hopes for an international treaty to tackle it

The historic High Seas Treaty aims to preserve marine biodiversity in what has been considered the “Wild West” of the oceans while still encouraging research

The way we see and describe hues varies widely for many reasons: from our individual eye structure, to how our brain processes images, to what language we speak, or even if we live near a body of water

Measures meant to tame the coronavirus pandemic are quashing influenza and most other respiratory diseases, which could have wide-ranging implications

Mixing artificial intelligence with climate science helps researchers to identify previously unknown atmospheric processes and rank climate models

Products such as Semantic Scholar and Microsoft Academic could be a boon for scholars

Seafloor instruments will monitor seismic activity very close to the Cascadia fault

Launch in July will test new way to explore the solar system—and beyond

Elevated greenhouse gas levels, not just rising temperatures, are extending annual plants' life cycles

The troubled project sought to observe tremors from deep within the San Andreas fault

Researchers protest that British Columbia's hunting quotas are not based on science

The wind belt that encircles Antarctica has been speeding up and creeping southward since the 1950. Now it might slow Southern Ocean sea level rise and lower the risk of glacial collapse

Researchers are still struggling to project how fast, how high and how far the oceans will rise

A clue to an impact in Quebec fuels an ongoing debate about the cause of one of Earth's big freezes, called the Younger Dryas

Groundwater extraction for aquaculture is making the land at China's Yellow River delta sink, and that subsidence is causing local sea levels to rise incredibly rapidly

A brash company pioneers a new approach to quantum computing, but many skeptics remain

The machine will help the agencies work on artificial intelligence problems

A bacterial transplant in mice has been shown to provide some of the benefits of gastric bypass surgery without putting the animals under the knife

Shell is preparing to lead a new oil rush in the American north this summer despite spill risks

The fast-tracked expedition will measure the fault's residual heat