Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field known outside our solar system.

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

After the co-pilot stabbed the captain, two pilots who were seated in the cabin intervened alongside passengers and safely landed the Boeing 737 in Saudi Arabia.

Times editors explore the thinking behind our coverage of the explosive allegations that have roiled a campus and the country.

As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.

The Trump administration should build a stronger alliance with clean energy companies in spite of its culture war with them.

Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.

As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas — but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.

President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.

President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.

Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.

Powerful AI models have created an existential risk to the field, but researchers can’t stop relying on them because they’re too useful.

What is “civilizationism”?

What is “civilizationism”?

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

To dialogue or not to dialogue

To dialogue or not to dialogue

To dialogue or not to dialogue

The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.

Powerful AI models have created an existential risk to the field, but researchers can’t stop relying on them because they’re too useful.

The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.

Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.

A new generation of cross-cultural comics is taking regional humor global.

Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.

Prime Minister Mark Carney told European lawmakers that an alliance would help to secure sovereignty and independence for his country. The moves come amid a historic low for U.S. ties with Canada.

The little fish are swimming in nutrients.

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Models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car.

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The president’s distortions have an impact on much more than belief in his claims about what he was doing on Sept. 11.

The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.

The president’s distortions have an impact on much more than belief in his claims about what he was doing on Sept. 11.

The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.

For 25 år siden startede vi DK Nyt med en enkel idé: At give kommunale og offentlige beslutningstagere nyheder, viden og indsigt, de kunne bruge.

Crackpot theories were once the stuff of shortwave radio, but September 11 unleashed the Age of Alex Jones.

The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.

Warnings from industry leaders about doomsday scenarios ignore the power that people have to control how artificial intelligence is used, policy experts say. They are urging lawmakers to act now.

Even as Beijing urges the United States not to hype the dangers of A.I., its own spy chief is framing the technology as a threat to the Communist Party’s security.

You have questions about data centers, and WIRED has answers. Join our livestream on September 10 and our panel of experts will tell you everything you need to know.

On second thought, I’m not that hungry.

It’s the most widely planted red grape in the world and the most popular red varietal wine in the U.S., so why has it fallen out of favor?

Tiny fragments of plastic are in the air, land and water in the country, where the burning of trash is common.

Tiny fragments of plastic are in the air, land and water in the country, where the burning of trash is common.

Just as A.I. is poised to change the world, we’re losing our best ways of studying what that change will look like.

A lone signal from an experiment in South Dakota doesn’t fit the profile of any other known particles, physicists say.