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A recent study suggests that frequent reliance on artificial intelligence tools may be linked to a decline in critical thinking skills.

In today’s social media-driven world, conspiracy theorists and pseudoscience advocates find fertile ground to spread misinformation and resurrect long-debunked ideas – ranging from flat Earth beliefs to outdated geocentric models – that science laid to rest centuries ago.

Pollution may seem like a modern crisis, but ancient civilizations recognized its impacts and sought ways to address it thousands of years ago.

Technological developments are helping verify images in scientific articles, promoting transparency and reliability in science.

Scientific content appears more accessible than ever, but virtual memory is full of gaps, leading to the loss of digital information

The metaphor “heartbreak” has a real physiological basis and emotional stress inflicts pain akin to physical pain

Social robots can offer positive benefits, but it is crucial to advance legislation that regulates their development

The past, present and future of nutritionally enhanced crop

Do the eyes reveal the truth? It turns out we are not very good at figuring out when we are being lied to.

Research suggests that mind-altering drugs were instrumental in the development of complex human societies

The evolution and extinction of the largest bird that ever existed

A caricature raises an important discussion on the flaws of the method that pushes scientists to publish more and more

Unearthing lost medieval narratives through ecological models

For over 1,500 years, scholars believed in a fact that any child could disprove with a simple test.

People lie from infancy to old age. Why is it that such a common and sometimes beneficial action, considered negative?

Distributing gifts to hundreds of millions of children, Santa surely uses an active wormhole

A new Netflix series supposedly uncovers an advanced Ice Age civilization. What about the facts?

Elisabeth Bik, who gave up a research career to fight scientific fraud, tells us about the battle for scientific integrity

Outbreak of the disease in the western world – the need to provide health information to the public vs. the concern of harmful stigmas

A proven scientific theory can become consensus, but consensus could also have negative aspects

The “Principia”, Newton’s groundbreaking book that shaped our understanding of the laws of gravity and physics, overcame many an obstacle on its way to recognition

Centenary of the birth of Stanislaw Lem, whose unique writing combined science fiction, social criticism, linguistic virtuosity and satire