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Science press First seen on HN · Apr 2026 · #1205 most-AI domain
— What we found
Articles from phys.org are almost always human-written.
phys.org has had 15 articles reach the Hacker News front page. Pangram scored 0% of them as AI-generated, well under the Hacker News average of 14%.
AI verdict · all time
0%
Reliably human
Lower than most domains we track.
Human 100% Mixed 0% AI 0%
Articles analyzed
15
all-time on HN
Median AI score
5%
half of articles score higher
“Almost certainly AI”
0%
0 articles > 90%
“Likely human”
80%
12 articles < 10%
— Distribution
How AI scores spread
0–1010–2020–3030–4040–5050–6060–7070–8080–9090–100
HUMAN · 0–30%
MIXED · 30–70%
AI · 70–100%
— Trend
AI score by day
70 · AI → 30 · mixed →
earlierlatest
30d avg 7% Min 0% Max 34%
Trend ↓ falling
— Sample articles
At three score levels
Most AI-scored ≥ 70% AI
For years, reading struggles seemed obvious. This massive analysis points to a very different cause
Deep under Antarctic ice, a long-predicted cosmic whisper finally breaks through in 13 strange bursts
Physicists revive 1990s laser concept to propose a next-generation atomic clock
— Peer comparison
phys.org vs. similar sources
Hacker News average 14%
thatprivacyguy.com 0%
skmurphy.com 0%
phys.org YOU 0%
blog.andymasley.com 0%
inamoon.com 0%