
PBS Newshour - 1 day 14 hours ago
President Trump has signed an executive order that would block states from enforcing laws they pass to regulate A.I., or artificial intelligence.The directive marks a big win for tech giants but will likely be challenged in the courts. Jacob Ward, founder of The Rip Current, joins Geoff Bennett to help break down the concerns and the arguments around all of this. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Discover Magazine - 1 day 15 hours ago
Learn how rats with naturally high hormone levels chose to chill out by seeking puffs of cannabis vapor.

Discover Magazine - 1 day 15 hours ago
The largest dietary study comparing children's diets shows that eating a vegetarian and vegan diet can work well for growing children, provided families stay on top of critical nutrients. Learn more about it.

New York Times - 1 day 17 hours ago
Rikki Held, the named plaintiff in Held v. Montana, in June 2023. The same plaintiffs are asking the state's top court to prevent legislators from undermining their victory.

Ars Technica - 1 day 19 hours ago
Managing each finger separately can, with the right sensors, ease control issues.

New Scientist - 1 day 21 hours ago
Efforts to lower the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may come too late to prevent long-term changes to the Arctic...

Ars Technica - 1 day 22 hours ago
"If we build these platforms well, we get to ask new questions about what's possible in orbit."...

New Scientist - 1 day 23 hours ago
There are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a gravitational pull to drive tides in the Red Planet's lost lakes and seas...

NBC News - 1 day 23 hours ago
With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive...

Retraction Watch - 1 day 23 hours ago
A Cell Press journal quietly removed part of a funding statement from a paper related to gender-affirming hormone therapy that the authors say was included in error. Experts called the move "worrying." The authors of the paper, which appeared in Cell Reports on September 23, gave estrogen therapy to male monkeys to better understand how … Continue reading Journal removes funding statement from hormone therapy paper without issuing correction...

The Conversation - 2 days 20 min ago
How many data centers will be built and how much electricity they'll need is uncertain. Being prepared costs money, but so does being unprepared.

The Conversation - 2 days 22 min ago
A new machine learning model explores the boundary between biological and nonbiological chemistry.

The Conversation - 2 days 23 min ago
Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut their populations. Jaws' didn't help.

New York Times - 2 days 2 hours ago
A meteor over Lukeville, Ariz., during the Geminids meteor shower in December 2023.

New Scientist - 2 days 6 hours ago
Controlling qubits with quantum superpositions allows them to dramatically violate a fundamental limit and encode information for about five times longer during quantum computations...

BBC - 2 days 6 hours ago
The meteor shower peaks this weekend with dark skies giving the UK a good chance of seeing them, weather-permitting...

Los Angeles Times - 2 days 11 hours ago
A landmark deal with Pacific Gas & Electric will extend the life of the state's remaining nuclear power plant in exchange for thousands of acres of new conservation in San Luis Obispo County.

Nature - 2 days 14 hours ago
Updated estimates of the worldwide sources and sinks of anthropogenic carbon dioxide provide a firmer basis for monitoring climate action.

Nature - 2 days 14 hours ago
The United States tops the remaining areas in an assessment of 74 technologies.

Nature - 2 days 14 hours ago
In a world that can seem lacking in optimism, researchers share their opinions on books that stimulate thoughts and actions for a better future.