Anne Carson, a Canadian poet and essayist, has won the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy recognized her for her bold and inventive work that engages with classical traditions to create ne...

John Beacom (Ohio State University), with no assistance from AI

The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.

Deciding where a prize winner is from can be tricky, but Hamish Johnston tries his best

Astrophysicist wins for his work detecting cosmic neutrinos

An OpenAI researcher called it “the most ‘feel the AGI’ moment that I had since reasoning models.”

The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.

New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51

AI is junk food for the mind; easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you.

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Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.

Trump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion.

Also: Spooky action at the LHC, Ice Age psychoactive use, yeast for building homes on Mars, and more.

Why did intelligence evolve in the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore the nature of intelligence with David Krakauer.

arXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a…

Editorial: "What felt like an especially cringey episode of the HBO political comedy 'Veep' began when Schmitt went after former special counsel Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing....

So much for Gemini 3.5 Pro.

The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.

The history of the printed word is full of bibliographic twists and turns, major historical moments, and the significant printing of books now so obscure no one has read them since their publication.

“The word super is the best word of all,” Trump says.

It would have been the earliest example of space weather impacting human technology, but an international team of researchers found a slight problem

“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.

Wary of Trumpian tampering, scientists have taken matters into their own hands.

Another big AI acquisition.

Black holes can launch jets that stretch for thousands of light-years. How can we find new formulas to describe them?

OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.

Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just launched, but it started as a spy telescope. Turns out, there are many astronomy/defense connections…

The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop

Pax Silica aims to lock up rare earths, and hand Silicon Valley the keys.

Intentional writing will likely become more valuable.

A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

Foundational postulates of the path-integral formulation observed in the lab

Inside the long-overdue push to develop more contraceptives for men.

Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?

An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.

Electricity without Resistance

Trump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.