Scientists have been trying to build snakelike, limbless robots^[1] for decades. These robots could come in handy in search-and-rescue^[2] situations, where they could navigate collapsed buildings to find and assist survivors.

With slender, flexible bodies,

Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly^[1]. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California^[2] and is used in virtually every type of clothing^[3],

Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help clean polluted waterways, over 12 weeks extracting 52% more phosphorus and 36% more nitrogen than the natural nitrogen cycle removes from untreated water, according to our new research^[1]. In addition to

The United States is in the grips of a loneliness epidemic^[1]: Since 2018, about half the population^[2] has reported that it has experienced loneliness. Loneliness can be as dangerous to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day^[3], according to a 2023

What is love? Could those feelings you label as love be something else?

What about infatuation? Obsession? A passing fancy? Being smitten? Enthrallment? Beguilement? Lust? A crush? A squish^[1]? Platonic admiration? Why do people categorize some attachments as

The Federal Communications Commission on Feb. 8, 2024, outlawed robocalls^[1] that use voices generated by artificial intelligence.

The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act^[2] bans artificial voices in robocalls. The FCC’s Feb. 8 ruling^[3] declares that