New measurements could force astronomers to revise the mass of the galaxy.

Mental imagery might not be as central to complex human thought as we believed, philosophers say.

Our brains evolved to be hyper-aware of what happened in the small communities we originally grew up in, and it's now backfiring.

Summer heat fueled by a massive El Niño oscillation has claimed thousands of lives in Europe, an early sign of further tragedy to come.

Culture, whether conformist or transgressive, is shaped the constraints of state censorship.

The ebook-lending app’s filters will rely on AI content being self-labeled.

Much of the U.S. is grappling with severely high temperatures and choking humidity this week. Here's what that means for your health.

Anonymity remains under attack.

This preliminary estimate underscores the growing threat of deadly extreme heat events despite efforts to adapt to a warming world.

That's a lot of copper.

Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.

By focusing on six characteristics, the study claims you could reach "near-perfect accuracy" at detecting AI deepfakes.

A new survey of some 160,000 students found something horrible about college students in the richest countries in the world.

Amazon's AI efforts have supercharged the company's carbon emissions to record-breaking heights, a new report found.

Google just missed its climate goals again -- and the culprit is a technology that it's been pouring resources into.

Global ocean surface temperatures hit record highs last month — and scientists are warning that we're well into "uncharted territory."

French politicians have set off a heated debate over American air conditioning's role fueling the climate crisis.

AI companies have become obsessed with the idea of launching data centers into orbit. Experts are skeptical.

Madonna dished on AI in a new interview, calling it antithetical to art itself because it stifles risk-taking.

Tech billionaires like Mark Cuban are becoming increasingly worried that the AI backlash could spiral into full-on revolution.

Farmlands in Turkey are being pockmarked by hundreds of sinkholes, making them look like they were "attacked by a cosmic hole punch."

A parasite transmitted via cat turds has silently infected billions of people, and scientists are scrambling to contain it.

As music streaming platforms continue to be flooded with a paralysing amount of new releases, a small but growing subculture of music fans are finding new pleasure in limiting their choices

We’ve gathered stories from all across the country detailing what happens when Big Tech’s latest monstrosities come to town.

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The right to privacy was always an unsteady foundation on which to advance protections for queers.

Do you ever feel like everything was better before? Actually, does anyone not feel this way? We’ve all got a different “before” in mind—before the pandemic, before 2016, before the internet, before…

As school choice continues to grow, public schools vie for students with innovative marketing approaches.