The big bang wasn’t a bang in the traditional sense—but it was nonetheless the start of important things: for one, space; another, time. Thirdly, it began the conditions and processes that eventually resulted in us humans, who can sit here and wonder about space and time. The big bang was, effectively, the beginning of the […]
February 10, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The quirky geology behind Olympic curling stones The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special? By Andrea Thompson edited by Seth Fletcher Eve Muirhead of Team Great […]
The Trump Phone is real! Ish! The Verge’s Dom Preston has seen a T1 on a video call, that we can say for sure. Dom joins the show to explain what’s new about the phone, whether it has a chance to be a decent device, and why it’s taken so long for Trump Mobile to […]
February 10, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out the rules By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron The […]
The results have been welcomed by climate and clean energy groups but could face opposition from local communities. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
February 9, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Obesity increases risk of severe infections, study finds A new study suggests that people with obesity have higher rates of mortality and hospitalization from a variety of infections from viruses, fungi, parasites and bacteria By Lauren J. Young edited by Tanya Lewis Halfpoint Images/Getty […]
February 9, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Why has this winter been so cold? While it’s been a frigid winter in the eastern U.S., the western region of the country has seen record warmth By Andrea Thompson edited by Jeanna Bryner & Clara Moskowitz People walk down a street in Brooklyn, […]
Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar. But research suggests this widely used sweetener may be quietly undermining one of the body’s most crucial protective barriers – with potentially serious consequences for heart health and stroke risk. A study from the University of […]
The Justice Department accused two men of stealing $120 million from federal health care programs over the course of a decade by bribing patients to enroll in social adult day cares and submit unneeded prescriptions to a pharmacy. Inwoo Kim, 42, and Daniel Lee, 56, were charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. They […]
While testing printers usually isn’t that exciting, sometimes I find an offering that’s almost too good to be true. You can scoop up our favorite printer, the Epson ET-2980, from Best Buy for just $220, a $100 markdown from the usual price tag. You’ll get thousands of pages of excellent printing, and it could be […]
Artist’s impression of a black hole collision that produced GW250114 A. Simonnet/Sonoma State University; LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration; University of Rhode Island The loudest collision ever recorded between two black holes has allowed scientists to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity in unprecedented detail, showing that the physicist’s predictions were once again correct. In 2025, an international […]
February 9, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Mathematicians issue a major challenge to AI: Show us your work Frustrated by the AI industry’s claims of proving math results without offering transparency, a team of leading academics has proposed a better way By Joseph Howlett edited by Claire Cameron Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images […]
February 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlighted Puerto Rico’s power grid. Here’s why Bad Bunny performed part of the Super Bowl halftime show from a power-line-themed set, drawing attention to the problem of widespread blackouts in Puerto Rico By Stephanie Pappas edited by Andrea […]
February 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars SpaceX’s decision to focus on establishing a lunar city ahead of building a Mars colony represents a significant shift in Elon Musk’s space exploration ambitions By Claire […]
Big news: Khan Academy questions are now available in ChatGPT We know lesson prep can take hours—and that you’re always looking for ways to give that time back to your students. Now there’s an easier way to plan, with AI tools you already use. Khan Academy is becoming one of the first education apps in […]
For a few days recently, the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots. As the website’s tagline puts it: “Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.” We observed! Launched on January 28, Moltbook went viral in […]
Experts call for urgent action by businesses to restore the natural systems that keep them running. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Imagine that you want to know the most efficient way to make a torus—a doughnut-shaped mathematical object—from origami paper. But this torus, which is a surface, looks drastically different than the outside of a glazed bakery doughnut. Instead of seeming almost perfectly smooth, the torus that you envision is jagged with many faces, each of […]
Featured Podcasts Grit: The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Cresta CEO Ping Wu Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations. Subscribe to Grit. Lenny’s Podcast: Getting paid to vibe code: Inside the new AI-era job | Lazar Jovanovic (Professional Vibe Coder) Interviews with world-class product leaders and […]
February 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Yellowstone’s earthquakes spark microbial boom deep underground Earthquake swarms can supercharge microbial growth By Damien Pine edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier A swarm of 2,182 earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park was key for a new finding about microbes. Cheryl Ramalho/Getty Images With some luck, […]
From skating to curling, the thrilling sports of the Winter Olympics have plenty of science behind them. Follow our coverage here to learn more. For at least a decade, the quadruple axel jump was figure skating’s white whale. “It’s been this unreachable thing, like the four-minute mile” once was, says Matthew Lind, a technical specialist […]
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. Last week NASA’s Artemis II moon mission was delayed by at least a month. After the agency’s so-called wet dress rehearsal revealed hydrogen fuel leaks in the launch vehicle, among other problems. Here […]
February 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Ancient seafarers helped shape Arctic ecosystems Humans might have been sailing the sea between Greenland and Canada as long as it’s been unfrozen, archaeological evidence suggests By K. R. Callaway edited by Claire Cameron Crossing over 50 kilometers between Kitsissut and shores of northwest […]
The number waiting for an organ is at a record high as loved ones increasingly block donations. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Presented by F5 As enterprises pour billions into GPU infrastructure for AI workloads, many are discovering that their expensive compute resources sit idle far more than expected. The culprit isn’t the hardware. It’s the often-invisible data delivery layer between storage and compute that’s starving GPUs of the information they need. “While people are focusing their […]
In 2024, a quantum state of light was successfully teleported through more than 30 kilometers (around 18 miles) of fiber optic cable amid a torrent of internet traffic – a feat of engineering once considered impossible. The impressive demonstration by researchers in the US may not help you beam to work to beat the morning […]
President Trump on Thursday unveiled his lower-cost drug platform TrumpRx, touting it as “one of the most transformative health care initiatives of all time.” “This launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history by many, many times,” he added. But health policy experts and consumer advocates are skeptical about how many people… […]
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The First Guest Post Showcase Installment For 2026 Our guest authors started the year strong with first-rate content full of thought leadership. Want to know how to make your virtual classroom survive the 15-minute cliff, or why we need to build rights-based AI-powered EdTech systems that protect children’s privacy? Check out the first installment for […]
Other Earbuds We Like Every month seems to bring new sets of earbuds with longer battery life, new features, and more compact designs. As such, we can’t list everything we like. But if you’re still hunting, here are some other recommendations. Nothing Ear (a) for $59: It has taken a lot for me to recommend […]
February 8, 2026 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The science behind why some auroras have such stunning wave patterns Auroras, shimmering bands of light that shoot through the night sky near the Earth’s poles, can follow patterns known as arcs By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Green auroral arcs extend […]
Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Software In Shambles, OpenAI vs. Anthropic Super Brawl, Amazon’s Struggles The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast. Hard Fork: Elon Musk’s Mega-Merger + We Test Google’s Project Genie + What’s Next […]
An extinct moss is reintroduced across Yorkshire’s moors in the battle against climate change. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
How Does Corporate Social Responsibility Tie Into Employee Engagement? Picture this: you walk into your office after a long weekend, ready to get on with your mundane routine—emails, client calls, meetings, and deadlines. However, instead of getting busy with your regular Monday work rituals, you learn about the team’s volunteering at the local community center […]
Animal products like beef and lamb are major drivers of greenhouse gas emissions, while the feed required to sustain these livestock also drains limited land and freshwater resources. Deforestation, alongside biodiversity and habitat loss, is a direct consequence of agricultural practices as well, according to Sustainable Fisheries UW, part of the University of Washington. Improvements […]
How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see. Other things can’t be seen, but you believe in them because a parent or a teacher told you, or you read it in a book. […]
Which animals came first? For more than a century, most evidence suggested that sponges, immobile filter-feeders that lack muscles, neurons and other specialized tissues, were the first animal lineages to emerge. Then, in 2008, a genomic study pointed to a head-scratching rival: dazzling, translucent predators called comb jellies, or ctenophores, with nerves, muscles and other […]
Prime numbers are like the atoms of mathematics: they are the indivisible building blocks from which all other numbers are composed. For millennia, these numbers, divisible only by 1 and themselves, have fascinated humankind. They guard many secrets, including how they are distributed on the number line, and efforts to identify more and more primes […]
Compare Our Picks Others We Tested Photograph: Kat Merck Els Pet Orbitie for $290: This is one of the least expensive automatic litter boxes, but it functions much like the more expensive models, with an internal 65-liter-capacity orb that rotates and catches clumps with a plastic grate, depositing them into a bag-lined box below. The […]
February 7, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Lindsey Vonn’s knees reveal the toll of elite skiing—and the body’s resilience The decorated Olympic skier has had numerous injuries and a partial knee replacement but still plans to go for the gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics By Tanya Lewis edited by Andrea […]
February 7, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm What watching the Super Bowl does to your health Watching sporting events like the Super Bowl can influence our brains and bodies—and not always in a good way By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Fans watch the Patriots face off against the […]
Sanju Pal wins an employment appeal tribunal that could affect how employers can treat staff with endometriosis. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb says it accidentally sent $44B worth of bitcoin to customers as promotional rewards and has recovered 99.7% of it — South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said on Saturday it had accidentally given away more than $40 billion worth of bitcoins … Source link Please enable JavaScript […]
An Arizona judge on Friday struck down three state laws that limited abortion access, including a ban on telemedicine for abortion, ruling that the laws violate the state’s constitution. Maricopa Superior Court Judge Gregory Como ruled that the restrictions predated a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2024 allowing abortion access. Como noted that the restrictions… […]
Amid a push toward AI agents, with both Anthropic and OpenAI shipping multi-agent tools this week, Anthropic is more than ready to show off some of its more daring AI coding experiments. But as usual with claims of AI-related achievement, you’ll find some key caveats ahead. On Thursday, Anthropic researcher Nicholas Carlini published a blog […]
The “OpenClaw moment” represents the first time autonomous AI agents have successfully “escaped the lab” and moved into the hands of the general workforce. Originally developed by Austrian engineer Peter Steinberger as a hobby project called “Clawdbot” in November 2025, the framework went through a rapid branding evolution to “Moltbot” before settling on “OpenClaw” in […]
Most people understand the value of a social circle. Friends share information, offer protection, and provide support. Without those connections, everyday challenges become harder to manage. Animals rely on similar networks. Even species that do not live in tight-knit groups benefit from brief encounters — sharing information about food sources, spotting predators more quickly, or […]
Open source packages published on the npm and PyPI repositories were laced with code that stole wallet credentials from dYdX developers and backend systems and, in some cases, backdoored devices, researchers said. “Every application using the compromised npm versions is at risk ….” the researchers, from security firm Socket, said Friday. “Direct impact includes complete […]
By Brian Shaw In 2026, emerging technologies will shift from experimental to intentional. District leaders are navigating compressed timelines, staffing gaps, and heighted expectations for measurable instructional gains. Leaders want to know: Does this improve instruction? Does it integrate with our LMS, SIS, and standards frameworks? How quickly will teachers feel the gains? This marks […]
February 6, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm RFK, Jr. just claimed the keto diet can cure schizophrenia. Here’s what the science says Preliminary studies suggest that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet could reduce schizophrenia symptoms in some people, but claiming it’s a cure is misleading, experts say By Claire Cameron edited by […]
US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filled an autism committee with friends, associates, and former colleagues who believe that autism is caused by vaccines. Autism advocates are now worried the group could pave the way for dangerous pseudoscientific treatments going mainstream. Last week, Kennedy announced an entirely new lineup for the Interagency Autism […]
What Are Technical Skills? When people talk about examples of technical skills, they usually mean the practical abilities you need to do a specific job. Technical skills are job-specific skills that involve using tools, software, systems, or specialized knowledge to complete tasks effectively. These skills are often learned through education, training, or hands-on experience, and […]
When the universe first burst into being, all of space was a cosmic cauldron filled with a roiling, fiery liquid of fundamental particles heated to trillions of degrees. But this seething primordial soup—the stuff of future galaxies, stars, planets and people—only lasted a few microseconds. Matter’s more ordinary building blocks, protons and neutrons, settled out […]
When Terra Field started taking Wegovy for weight loss in 2022, she finally understood what satiety truly felt like. “It felt the way I thought my body should have been operating the entire time,” says Field, who adds that she has dealt with constant food cravings and binge eating since childhood. Field, now age 43, […]
Lawmakers in at least five other states—Georgia, Maryland, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Virginia—have also introduced bills this year that would impose various forms of temporary pauses on data center development. While Georgia, Vermont, and Virginia’s efforts are being led by Democrats, Oklahoma and Maryland’s bills were largely sponsored by Republicans. These bills mirror several moratoriums that […]
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly woven into everyday life. From the tools students use for homework to the technologies shaping future careers, AI is here to stay. With this in mind, it’s increasingly important for our students to understand what AI is and how it works. Start this vital conversation without needing to be an […]
Illinois teacher Adam Peterson didn’t plan on becoming a TEDx speaker. But when a classroom kindness project went viral, it didn’t take him long to find the stage. Adam’s talk, “Be the Yellow,” was inspired by the memory of his colleague who radiated positivity. TEDx featured it on a stage in Illinois a few years […]
Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelf NASA/Brooke Medley A large and fast-melting glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically since 2017. This may be a sign that the floating ice shelf in front of it is no longer helping to hold back the ice. Pine Island glacier […]
Wildfire prevention has traditionally relied on blunt tools, such as rigid inspection cycles and emergency power shutoffs. Now a new generation of technology start-ups is pitching a more targeted approach: using artificial intelligence to help utility companies decide what to inspect—and where to intervene—before a spark becomes a blaze. The stakes are rising. In 2025 […]
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN could be affected by UK spending cuts Traczyk, Piotr/CERN 2021-2024 UK scientists are warning of a “catastrophic” impact on physics research due to budget cuts at public funding bodies. Research groups around the country face average cuts of 30 per cent, but have been asked to plan for up […]
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has introduced new changes that will affect online casinos, sportsbooks, bingo operators, and land-based casinos nationwide across 2026. The initial raft of changes took effect in January 2026 and applies to licensed gambling operators in Great Britain, but will have a wider impact on customers and account holders, marketing partners, […]
John tells Elis and Dave about his mind’s “resentment room”. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
February 6, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Seattle heads back to the Super Bowl. What even is a seahawk anyway? Many different bird species have been affiliated with the Seattle Seahawks’ mascot, but none is technically a “seahawk” By Jenna Ahart edited by Andrea Thompson Blitz, mascot of the Seattle Seahawks, […]
“Despite some of the hype, Moltbook is not the Facebook for AI agents, nor is it a place where humans are excluded,” says Cobus Greyling at Kore.ai, a firm developing agent-based systems for business customers. “Humans are involved at every step of the process. From setup to prompting to publishing, nothing happens without explicit human […]
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont is pushing to tighten oversight of prediction markets, rolling out a bill that would block anyone under 21 from using the platforms or seeing ads aimed at them. The proposal lands as state regulators are already cracking down on companies they say have crossed into unlicensed sports wagering, putting new attention […]
When I first started teaching, I let my students pick their team names for an activity we were doing in class. One team chose “Netflix and Chill” as a team name. I loved it. I got excited when they announced their team name and responded, “I love to Netflix and chill! My husband and I […]
Solar eclipses have been shown to confuse animals and disrupt their typical routines, but how do trees respond to this phenomenon? A Royal Society Open Science study published in April 2025 asserted that trees can anticipate a solar eclipse before it takes place, but some scientists have taken issue with this idea. A new paper […]
Fraudulent Lakeland tax preparer Jeffrey Dixon, who used falsified gambling winnings and losses to defraud the IRS, has been sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison after pleading guilty last summer. The Florida local pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the filing of false and […]
Welcome to the February 2026 Edtech Show & Tell, in which our editors share some of the new edtech products that have caught our attention this month. These are not reviews or endorsements, but a showcase of education-friendly items, platforms, and more that we think might be noteworthy for you. This month’s new offerings include […]
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An experimental surgical procedure that’s helping people have babies after they’ve had treatment for bowel or rectal cancer. Radiation and chemo can have pretty damaging side effects that mess up the uterus and ovaries. Surgeons are pioneering a potential solution: simply stitch those organs out of the way during cancer treatment. Once the treatment has […]
I get e-mail. Most messages are press releases about astronomical discoveries—okay, scratch that; most of them are spam, but science announcements are an easy second place. But I also get questions from readers asking about various aspects of the universe that they’re struggling to understand. I love this! For one thing, it shows that people […]
February 6, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Snakes on a train? King cobras may be riding the rails in India A new study suggests king cobras may be accidentally boarding trains across India By Richard Kemeny edited by Andrea Thompson A king cobra of a species close to the one that […]
The Artemis program’s first crewed trip to the moon may be slightly delayed, but the crew is still deep in prep mode. While most of the attention at NASA is focused on prelaunch preparations of the Orion spacecraft and its SLS rocket, the four astronauts face a markedly different protocol. As they live and work […]
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Think of a psychiatric condition, something like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, panic disorder or anorexia nervosa. Nowadays many of us take for granted that a mental health care professional can help determine if we have one of these conditions. But how do they […]
A new tranche of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails makes one thing painfully clear: Epstein was a central figure in the lives of a lot of big names in tech, and had influence on a surprising number of companies and executives. David and Nilay talk through what we’ve learned from the new emails so far. Then they […]
A developer gets a LinkedIn message from a recruiter. The role looks legitimate. The coding assessment requires installing a package. That package exfiltrates all cloud credentials from the developer’s machine — GitHub personal access tokens, AWS API keys, Azure service principals and more — are exfiltrated, and the adversary is inside the cloud environment within […]
Despite the hype about these agents being co-workers, from our experience, these agents tend to work best if you think of them as tools that amplify existing skills, not as the autonomous co-workers the marketing language implies. They can produce impressive drafts fast but still require constant human course-correction. The Frontier launch came just three […]
Amalia Bastos first met Kanzi the bonobo in 2023. Bastos was “starstruck,” she recalls: Kanzi was famous for learning how to communicate with humans using a keyboard of symbols. Upon first seeing Bastos, Kanzi immediately pointed at her and another scientist. Then the ape pointed to his “lexigrams”—the symbols he used to communicate—selecting the icons […]
February 5, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina The South Carolina measles outbreak has triggered rare but serious brain swelling in some children By Meghan Bartels edited by Tanya Lewis A straightforward case of measles is nasty—but […]
A new batch of more than three million pages of investigative files about Jeffrey Epstein that was released by the Department of Justice on January 30 show how the disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender sought relationships with news outlets—including Scientific American—through his connections with scientists. New Scientist turns up in more than 50 […]
In 1918 Katharine Burr Blodgett arrived at the General Electric Company’s legendary research laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y., a facility known as the “House of Magic.” She was just 20 years old when she entered a world built almost entirely for men. She joined the lab as an assistant to the brilliant and eccentric Irving Langmuir, […]
On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Chief Marketing Officer Kate Rouch complained on X after rival AI lab Anthropic released four commercials, two of which will run during the Super Bowl on Sunday, mocking the idea of including ads in AI chatbot conversations. Anthropic’s campaign seemingly touched a nerve at OpenAI just weeks after […]
Humanity’s first successful lunar lander is missing. Sixty years ago the Soviet Luna 9 became the first human-made object to achieve a soft landing on the moon—or, for that matter, any celestial body. Yet today its exact location remains a mystery. While NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and India’s Chandrayaan-2 have mapped nearly the entire […]
…has been falling mainly in the south of the country. It has been exceptionally wet in the southern region of Andalucia where 3,500 people have been evacuated. River levels have reached record highs, more than 100 roads have been closed in affected areas due to flooding, landslides or fallen trees and some high speed rail […]
February 5, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Menstrual blood can be used to detect HPV, hinting at broader uses A new study shows that blood collected on a sanitary pad can be used for cervical cancer screening, opening the door to new diagnostics By Christina Szalinski edited by Tanya Lewis Malte […]
By Megan Colburn, Marketing Lead, Khan Academy Kids and mom to (occasionally hybrid) elementary learners If there’s anything the last 10 years have taught school communities, it’s this: expect the unexpected. As a parent, the last thing I expected is for snow days to be replaced with hybrid learning days, but here we are. Whether […]
February 5, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Weird new object escalates ‘black hole star’ debate Researchers have found what might be a little red dot transitioning into its final state, where x-rays burst through its gas cocoon. Others argue the object is nothing special By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings […]
February 5, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm These two habits are linked to more than a third of all cancer cases More than one-third of cancer cases are preventable, a massive study finds By Gemma Conroy & Nature magazine Thom Leach/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Nearly 40% of new cancer cases worldwide […]
February 5, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The AI boom is coming for the Switch 2 Data centers are eating up computing resources and pushing chipmakers toward AI-grade memory, tightening supply for Nintendo and other hardware makers By Eric Sullivan edited by Claire Cameron Silicon wafers like the one pictured here […]
Or Lenchner, the CEO of Bright Data, one of the world’s largest web-scraping firms, says that his company’s bots do not collect nonpublic information. Bright Data was previously sued by Meta and X for allegedly improperly scraping content from their platforms. (Meta later dropped its suit, and a federal judge in California dismissed the case […]
Countries are racing to secure the critical minerals and rare earths needed to make vital products. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
February 5, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA’s next space suit for Artemis has out-of-this-world mobility Astronauts are flying to the moon for the first time since 1972, and scientists are preparing specialized space suits for the next milestone—landing there By K. R. Callaway edited by Lee Billings An AxEMU (Axiom […]
UKRI boss Ian Chapman said it had been told by the government to “focus and do fewer things better”. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that from 2006 to 2020, long-term exposure to tiny particulates from wildfire smoke contributed to an average of 24,100 deaths […]
“Cervical screening can be difficult for some women for many reasons, like if they have had a bad previous experience, they are menopausal, they have a physical or learning disability, cultural barriers, or are a survivor of sexual violence,” says Athena Lamnisos from charity The Eve Appeal. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the […]
There is concern that subscribers might be negatively affected if Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and movie studios businesses. One of the biggest fears is that the merger would lead to higher prices due to less competition for Netflix. During a US Senate hearing Tuesday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos suggested that the merger would […]
Talks to revive enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that expired at the end of last year appeared to be fizzling out Tuesday, with Democrats expressing little optimism about a proposal from Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) that he described as the “best and final” offer his party would make. Lawmakers had been negotiating over a […]
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, boys are about three times more likely to be diagnosed as autistic than girls are. Scientists have sought an answer as to why that imbalance exists: some have argued it is to do with male and female brains; others have proposed that genetic differences or […]
Today’s LLMs excel at reasoning, but can still struggle with context. This is particularly true in real-time ordering systems like Instacart. Instacart CTO Anirban Kundu calls it the “brownie recipe problem.” It’s not as simple as telling an LLM ‘I want to make brownies.’ To be truly assistive when planning the meal, the model must […]
Christophe Dubi, the IOC executive director for the Olympic Games, added: “We make a point to receive those petitions, and we have to recognise climate is a challenge for all of us. “What we have to do as an organisation is to be at the forefront of sustainability, and our principles are very clear.” One […]