Even if it works, many major engineering and financial obstacles remain.

A terrifying video shows an AI-piloted drone that can stalk someone.

The tech rollout is controversial among parents and teachers.

Critics argue that Axon, a Flock rival, brings similar privacy issues.

It would have been the first data center on public land.

Various words and phrases have proliferated on the internet since ChatGPT's release.

The administration is funding research involving AI, energy and critical minerals.

If everyone talks more with the people in their lives about climate change and climate impacts, all those conversations add up, helping to mobilize support for climate action.

Contracts with the U.S. government are testing Planet's reputation for transparency.

A facility in a Kern County oil field aims to bury massive amounts of carbon dioxide.

Some analysts think the markets could out-compete polls in newsrooms and more, but the approaches are vastly different.

Massive investments in AI may bring synergy and revenue to SpaceX, or could create problems for it and NASA, especially if the AI bubble pops

Research suggests that rocket exhaust and debris could be threatening the ozone layer, though many uncertainties persist.

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

California holds vast stores of lithium. But mining projects stir debate over environmental costs and economic benefits.

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

Chatbots weren't designed for mental health, but they are increasingly used for therapy. What are the risks an benefits?

Suzgun et al. find that current large language models cannot reliably distinguish between belief, knowledge and fact, raising concerns for their use in healthcare, law and journalism, where such disti...

This panel will explore how journalists can portray science as a human process, with all its uncertainties, challenges, and discoveries. Featuring contributors to The Open Notebook’s forthcoming book,...

Research, much if it by companies with deep investment in AI, suggests that chatbot interactions alter how users think.

Warning from OpenAI’s Sam Altman and MIT paper puncture Wall Street’s enthusiasm

Human judgement remains central to the launch of nuclear weapons. But experts say it’s a matter of when, not if, artificial intelligence will get baked into the world’s most dangerous systems.

This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.

A child prodigy in mathematics who graduated Harvard at just 19, his darkly prophetic and cynical show tunes won him a cult following in the 50s and 60s

Climate change skeptics are pushing the administration to reopen a major scientific finding.

Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

In New York’s only federal wilderness area, the loss of a key predator has led to the rise of a new one—with dire consequences for the island’s native birds

The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Two new renditions of Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” memorialize the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test

AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

In New York’s only federal wilderness area, the loss of a key predator has led to the rise of a new one—with dire consequences for the island’s native birds.

In New York’s only federal wilderness area, the loss of a key predator has led to the rise of a new one—with dire consequences for the island’s native birds.

As the U.S. and other countries cut funding for global health initiatives, what role will philanthropy take?

President Trump called Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei an "easy target" but said, "We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now."

“This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source,” one Wikipedia editor said.

All interested professionals and students are invited to register for the upcoming, free #SciWriRoundtable webinar “Covering Trans Health” scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, at 1 p.m. Eastern.

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