OpenAI Says Teens Can Talk About Suicide for Hours Before ChatGPT Will Notify Parents
New safety features, same alarming conversations.
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Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological substances.
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Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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A Scientist Working on the ‘IceCube’ Neutrino Detector Explains the Nobel Prize–Winning Technology
“Detecting a neutrino is like looking for a needle in a haystack,” says Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, who breaks down why researchers are looking for the cosmic particles under the Antarctic ice.
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A Scientist Working on the ‘IceCube’ Neutrino Detector Explains the Nobel Prize–Winning Technology
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
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In Vienna and Beijing, the First Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick
By measuring the squishing and unsquishing of thorium-229 nuclei, two teams created a new type of clock that could someday beat the precision of atomic clocks.
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Tropical Storm Isaias Set to Be First Atlantic Hurricane of 2026 Season
Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.
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Tropical Storm Isaias Set to Be First Atlantic Hurricane of 2026 Season
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The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light
Optogenetics revolutionized neuroscience, but its origins come from an entirely brainless organism—an alga.
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The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light
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Finland Orders Google to Suspend New Data Centers After Contractors Pave Over Protected Forests
A company spokesperson admitted they have "fallen short of our own high standards."
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Meta Is Refusing to Remove AI-Generated Facebook Videos of Graphic Child Abuse, Including a Baby Roasting in an Oven
Meta is making it clear: it doesn't care about AI-generated child abuse videos on its platforms.
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ChatGPT Caught Putting Signatures of Real Cartoonists on AI-Generated Comics
"It felt very much like a violation of my personhood."
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“Has No Friends”: Amazon Is Keeping Amazingly Detailed Records on Its Customers and They Are Downright Insulting
Here's how to check yours.
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Man Says He Was Mortified When His AI Agent Posted His Bank Balances and Exactly What He’s Spending His Money on in a Slack ...
"How the f*** could you get this wrong" That's literally my bank balance to our whole team?"
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Was the Human Gut Healthier in Ancient Times?
The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift may be affecting the well-being of people in industrialized countries.
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Was the Human Gut Healthier in Ancient Times?
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai
The Nobel Committee recognized Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for solving a century-old mystery about molecules with mirror images. Their work is crucial for pharmaceuticals and carries clues to the origins of life.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai
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A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat
Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity.
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A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat
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The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I.
Atomic Machines is training artificial intelligence on materials and designs — and then using it to build tiny physical devices.
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The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I.
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OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field
After a previous solution angered mathematicians, the company characterized the new release as being more responsive to concerns about A.I. disrupting research.
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OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field
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You Probably Aren’t Going to Get the Plague
The death of a lab worker in Russia has authorities looking at whether plague played a role. Even if it did, though, the odds of it spreading are very low.
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You Probably Aren’t Going to Get the Plague
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Podcast: Could holographic 3D printing be real?
U.S. National Science Foundation-supported researcher Rajesh Menon discusses his work combining optical systems with cutting-edge nanofabrication...