Stories by The Conversation US

New measurements from Japan’s Subaru telescope have helped researchers study the matter-antimatter asymmetry problem

Rip currents pose a danger to swimmers at the beach, but they also play an important ecological role in the ocean

It is possible to transform empty office buildings into residential ones—but remodeling these spaces won’t be easy

A dispute centers on whether burning more calories through exercise makes you burn less afterward

The Manhattan Project wouldn’t have been possible without the work of many accomplished female scientists

As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of flooding, aging dams across the U.S. are becoming more in danger of breaching or overtopping

Here’s why your body sheds fat and muscle when you diet

Some fear that artificial intelligence will threaten humanity’s survival. But the existential risk is more philosophical than apocalyptic

Computer modeling explains a key facet of bees’ decision-making skills—something only seen previously in humans and other primates

A submersible called Titan has gone missing on a dive to the remains of of the Titanic

Fathers and nonbirthing parents benefit from skin-to-skin contact with their newborns

A female crocodile birthed a fully formed, stillborn fetus despite living in isolation for 16 years

There are safeguards to ensure they won’t end up in your food

An AI-driven political campaign could be all things to all people

Warm ocean waters are primed to provide plenty of fuel for the 2023 hurricane season, but a possible El Niño could quash storms

A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden

Here's how to reconcile the mismatch in what your senses are telling your brain

Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins—and how to reduce it

The least skilled people know how much they don't know, but everyone thinks they are better than average

Using artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to trade stocks and other financial instruments could have benefits—and perils

One of the next five years will almost certainly be the hottest on record, and there’s a two-in-three chance one year will cross the crucial global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees C

Yes, peanut butter is a liquid (and a great example of a non-Newtonian fluid)

Courts hand down conflicting decisions often. Here’s how this has played out with mifepristone

Here’s why a woman who spent 500 days in extreme isolation lost her sense of time