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Well, This Is the First Time America Has Livestreamed an Execution by Firing Squad

"It will be livestreamed." The post Well, This Is the First Time America Has Livestreamed an Execution by Firing Squad appeared first on Futurism.

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Well, This Is the First Time America Has Livestreamed an Execution by Firing Squad

New York Times Science

Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

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Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

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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.

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

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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. ...

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

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Starbucks Considers Taking Over Chipotle as America Edges Closer to All Food Chains Being Owned by Like Three Companies

Nothing whets the appetite like Big Food Chain consolidation. The post Starbucks Considers Taking Over Chipotle as America Edges Closer to All Food Chains Being Owned by Like Three Companies appeared first on Futurism.

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Starbucks Considers Taking Over Chipotle as America Edges Closer to All Food Chains Being Owned by Like Three Companies

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AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents

A $20 billion setback. The post AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents appeared first on Futurism.

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AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents

New York Times Science

What Are the Remaining Millennium Prize Problems?

OpenAI’s trove of new math results doesn’t fully solve any of these highly prestigious open questions, but it seems to make progress on some.

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What Are the Remaining Millennium Prize Problems?

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U.N. Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds

A report by the secretary general warned that new technologies could be used to access and criminalize people’s innermost thoughts.

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U.N. Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds

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.

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

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‘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.

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

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Don’t Want to Spend Time With Your Kids? Train an AI Voice Model of Yourself to Read Them Bedtime Stories

Parent-child bonding time isn't so sacred that it can't be optimized with AI. The post Don't Want to Spend Time With Your Kids? Train an AI Voice Model of Yourself to Read Them Bedtime Stories appeared first on Futurism.

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Don’t Want to Spend Time With Your Kids? Train an AI Voice Model of Yourself to Read Them Bedtime Stories

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Patriots Quarterback Drake Maye Is a Moon Landing Truther, Prompting Response From NASA

"I just know I’m a little bit skeptical." The post Patriots Quarterback Drake Maye Is a Moon Landing Truther, Prompting Response From NASA appeared first on Futurism.

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Patriots Quarterback Drake Maye Is a Moon Landing Truther, Prompting Response From NASA

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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.

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

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Adobe in Trouble After Someone Reverse Engineered Adobe Creative Suite and Released It as Open Source

"About time we leave adobe for good." The post Adobe in Trouble After Someone Reverse Engineered Adobe Creative Suite and Released It as Open Source appeared first on Futurism.

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Adobe in Trouble After Someone Reverse Engineered Adobe Creative Suite and Released It as Open Source

New York Times Science

For Two Sisters, a “Biological Age Test” Measured More Than Their DNA

They thought it might explain why their health had diverged. Instead, it stirred up feelings that weren’t so easily quantified.

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For Two Sisters, a “Biological Age Test” Measured More Than Their DNA

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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…

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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.

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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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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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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

National Science Foundation

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...

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National Science Foundation

Podcast: Could holographic 3D printing be real?

Singularity HUB

Epigenetic Editing Could Wipe Out Chronic Hepatitis B Infections

An experimental therapy kept the virus at bay for at least six months. The approach could target other stubborn viruses too. The post Epigenetic Editing Could Wipe Out Chronic Hepatitis B Infections appeared first on SingularityHub.

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Epigenetic Editing Could Wipe Out Chronic Hepatitis B Infections