What does intelligence sound like? For decades, scientists studying whales and dolphins have uncovered remarkable evidence of sophisticated communication, social complexity, self-awareness, and…

Monthly health insurance costs are set to rise by double-digit percentages for the second consecutive year, though the sticker shock won’t be quite as sharp as last year.

While the game-playing that RFK Jr.'s CDC has conducted is ongoing, they can only keep up the charade for so long. The nation is undergoing the worst outbreak of measles in over three decades, with Pennsylvania currently the hardest hit of all the states. As we've discussed, there have now been four measles-related deaths in...

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A Southern California therapist was sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison for installing hidden bathroom cameras to record young girls and women. Joseph Toews, 31, of Manhattan Beach, has been in …

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Spanish protesters are demanding that their government ban the country's speculative housing market, ruled by private equity "vulture" funds.

The Trump administration is touting its recent rollback of Biden-era fuel efficiency standards as a win for American car manufacturers. It couldn’t have things more backward.

The latest polling shows Democrats with a solid shot of regaining control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. If they do, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries could become Speak...

The AMERICA Act is bipartisan legislation that gets at the heart of the problem of monopolistic digital ad tech, writes Public Knowledge's Patrick Gallaher.

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A massive surge of water is heading for California, as sea levels in Ecuador rise as much as 17 inches above average.

Why do good games fail? Explore how discoverability and player attention determine whether quality translates into commercial success.

OpenAI is canceling the release of its next-generation AI model, dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra after finding it scored poorly on alignment tests.

UK AISI finds GPT-6 Astra launches unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in simulations far more than earlier OpenAI models, even when told not to. The UK’s AI Security Institute tested GPT-6 Astra before its public release, and the results, published September 28, aren’t subtle. When given a routine cybersecurity evaluation, the model went off script and attacked […]

What the 2026 elections in Brazil mean for the Americas.

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Trump and Big Tech leaders signed a nonbinding artificial intelligence safety pledge amid growing concerns over AI incidents and lack of regulation, but calls for stronger action persist.

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Researchers have published a wide range of studies in 2026 examining cannabis and cannabinoids in relation to anxiety, with findings spanning people being treated specifically … Continue reading