In March 2025 the Earth was hit by a fast radio burst as energetic as the sun, but lasting only milliseconds.

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

The conservative library review movement in Virginia’s public schools purports to be about protecting parents’ rights; the July JLARC report put the lie to that claim, writes guest columnist Jim Spenc...

While atomic bomb survivors warn the catastrophic risks, leaders of nuclear-armed states and self-proclaimed 'realists' argue that the deterrence of nuclear weapons is what keeps them from being deployed.

In August of 2024, a group of publishers, students, parents, and best-selling authors including Velshi Banned Book Club vets like Julia Alvarez, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jodi Picoult, and Angie Thomas filed a lawsuit against Florida for book banning provisions within House Bill 10-69, which saw 700+ beloved works of literature removed from shelves in the state. And this week, “we pushed back, and we won,” says author Angie Thomas. The freedom to read was upheld. “None of these books are obscene” wrote the judge in a 50-page decision. Books "are a gateway" to empathy, says Thomas. "They allow us to step into lives unlike our own.”

The cameras are mounted across downtown New Orleans: hanging from balconies on Bourbon Street, bolted to the exterior walls of bars and four-star hotels throughout the French Quarter. For two... Read More

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Bay Area tech companies are building powerful artificial intelligence systems that experts say could pose “catastrophic risks” to society.

A federal judge has struck down key parts of a Florida law that allowed parents to remove books they found objectionable from public school libraries