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Senator Who Tried to Ban Prediction Markets Gets Hired by Kalshi as a Lobbyist

Her lobbying group is raking in the cash. The post Senator Who Tried to Ban Prediction Markets Gets Hired by Kalshi as a Lobbyist appeared first on Futurism.

5 hours ago

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Senator Who Tried to Ban Prediction Markets Gets Hired by Kalshi as a Lobbyist

Futurism

One of America’s Last Remaining Chestnut Groves Could Soon Be Wiped Out to Make Room for an AI Data Center

It's "one of the largest single AI infrastructure investments in US history." The post One of America's Last Remaining Chestnut Groves Could Soon Be Wiped Out to Make Room for an AI Data Center appeared first on Futurism.

6 hours ago

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One of America’s Last Remaining Chestnut Groves Could Soon Be Wiped Out to Make Room for an AI Data Center

Futurism

Mac Users Are Nuking Every Trace of Apple AI on Their Machines

Sayonara useless AI features, and hello disk space. The post Mac Users Are Nuking Every Trace of Apple AI on Their Machines appeared first on Futurism.

7 hours ago

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Mac Users Are Nuking Every Trace of Apple AI on Their Machines

Futurism

Eggheads at Anthropic Said They Used Claude to “Solve” Humor

"'Here's the Claude. We've solved it.'" The post Eggheads at Anthropic Said They Used Claude to "Solve" Humor appeared first on Futurism.

8 hours ago

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Eggheads at Anthropic Said They Used Claude to “Solve” Humor

New York Times Science

Will We Ever Understand Dementia?

Since the days of Dr. Alzheimer himself, there has been a dream that severe senility might have an explanation — and a cure. The search for both has never been more urgent.

8 hours ago

New York Times Science

Will We Ever Understand Dementia?

New York Times Science

The Underappreciated Benefits of Leaving Fallen Leaves Alone

To homeowners, fallen leaves look like work. To nature, they’re an investment, with tremendous value on the secondary market as invertebrate real estate.

9 hours ago

New York Times Science

The Underappreciated Benefits of Leaving Fallen Leaves Alone

Futurism

Gambling Addiction Group in Shambles After It Turns Out It’s Funded by Kalshi

It's like a "national council on teenage sex abuse taking money from Jeffrey Epstein." The post Gambling Addiction Group in Shambles After It Turns Out It's Funded by Kalshi appeared first on Futurism.

9 hours ago

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Gambling Addiction Group in Shambles After It Turns Out It’s Funded by Kalshi

Futurism

Mainstream News Anchors Now Talking About the AI Bubble Bursting at Any Moment

"I think the entire AI boom is investing in the wrong future." The post Mainstream News Anchors Now Talking About the AI Bubble Bursting at Any Moment appeared first on Futurism.

10 hours ago

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Mainstream News Anchors Now Talking About the AI Bubble Bursting at Any Moment

WIRED Science

Humans Watched This Supernova Explode Nearly a Millennium Ago. Now You Can See It in High Definition

The new image isn’t just stunning—it may also provide clues about how this star survived its own explosion.

13 hours ago

WIRED Science

Humans Watched This Supernova Explode Nearly a Millennium Ago. Now You Can See It in High Definition

New York Times Science

Mathematician Who Waited 50 Years for Proper Credit for Her Work Has Died

At the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mary Tsingou Menzel’s computer programming helped set the stage for chaos theory and other fields.

14 hours ago

New York Times Science

Mathematician Who Waited 50 Years for Proper Credit for Her Work Has Died

New York Times Science

Big Controversy Upends a Contest About Microscopic Videos

Nikon announced that it had disqualified the winner of its Small World in Motion competition over how A.I. was used in his submission.

24 hours ago

New York Times Science

Big Controversy Upends a Contest About Microscopic Videos

New York Times Science

‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release

Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release

New York Times Science

Cancer Vaccines Are the N.I.H.’s Next ‘Big Bet’

New details have emerged about an initiative that starts in December to fast-track the vaccines, similar to the successful push for the Covid-19 vaccine.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Cancer Vaccines Are the N.I.H.’s Next ‘Big Bet’

WIRED Science

NASA Just Made Nearly 1 TB of Artemis II Data Available to the Public

The data drop includes photographs, audio, video, and astronauts’ notes that will be used to study the moon and prepare for future human missions.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

NASA Just Made Nearly 1 TB of Artemis II Data Available to the Public

Singularity HUB

We’ve Always Copied Nature. Now We Can Search It.

Humans have looked to the natural world for technological inspiration for millennia. AI and rapidly improving biotechnology are giving us new ways to explore four billion years of evolutionary experiments. The post We’ve Always Copied Nature. Now We Can Search It. appeared first on SingularityHub. ...

1 day ago

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We’ve Always Copied Nature. Now We Can Search It.

WIRED Science

A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up

Castelion—a next-generation defense tech company—is building a facility in Rio Rancho Estates that documents show could pose a major fire and chemical hazard to neighboring communities.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up

Singularity HUB

This Tool Turns Scientific Articles Into Agents That Answer Questions and Collaborate

The Paper2Agent system could make it easier to understand papers, reproduce results, and generate hypotheses. The post This Tool Turns Scientific Articles Into Agents That Answer Questions and Collaborate appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

Singularity HUB

This Tool Turns Scientific Articles Into Agents That Answer Questions and Collaborate

National Science Foundation

NSF lays the foundation for the next generation of technologies and support for American talent

The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced plans to launch a series of programs and initiatives to support the ambitious vision articulated in the White House report Science: A New Golden Age , the first comprehensive rethinking of the U.S…

2 days ago

National Science Foundation

NSF lays the foundation for the next generation of technologies and support for American talent

WIRED Science

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.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

WIRED Science

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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WIRED Science

A Scientist Working on the ‘IceCube’ Neutrino Detector Explains the Nobel Prize–Winning Technology