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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.

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Big Controversy Upends a Contest About Microscopic Videos

Futurism

Police Furious After an Anthropic AI Model Submitted a Bogus Tip About an Unsolved Murder, Posing as a Person Who Might Have ...

"Unacceptable." The post Police Furious After an Anthropic AI Model Submitted a Bogus Tip About an Unsolved Murder, Posing as a Person Who Might Have Information About the Case appeared first on Futurism.

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Police Furious After an Anthropic AI Model Submitted a Bogus Tip About an Unsolved Murder, Posing as a Person Who Might Have ...

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.

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

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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’

Futurism

Tesla Basically Just Admitted It Was Misleading Customers, Renames Full Self-Driving to “Tesla Assisted Driving” In Europe

Not so adamant now. The post Tesla Basically Just Admitted It Was Misleading Customers, Renames Full Self-Driving to "Tesla Assisted Driving" In Europe appeared first on Futurism.

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Tesla Basically Just Admitted It Was Misleading Customers, Renames Full Self-Driving to “Tesla Assisted Driving” In Europe

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OpenAI Wargaming Response in Case of Public Revolt After Catastrophic AI Disaster

Everything's on the table. The post OpenAI Wargaming Response in Case of Public Revolt After Catastrophic AI Disaster appeared first on Futurism.

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OpenAI Wargaming Response in Case of Public Revolt After Catastrophic AI Disaster

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.

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

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Sacked OpenAI Insiders Say the Company Is Firing Anyone Who Warns What’s Really Going On

If there ever was a culture of safety, it's being replaced by a culture of fear. The post Sacked OpenAI Insiders Say the Company Is Firing Anyone Who Warns What's Really Going On appeared first on Futurism.

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Sacked OpenAI Insiders Say the Company Is Firing Anyone Who Warns What’s Really Going On

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Chinese High-Speed Rail Station Breaks World Record, Serving One Million Riders in a Single Day

Jaw-dropping. The post Chinese High-Speed Rail Station Breaks World Record, Serving One Million Riders in a Single Day appeared first on Futurism.

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Chinese High-Speed Rail Station Breaks World Record, Serving One Million Riders in a Single Day

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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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New York Times Science

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

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?

New York Times Science

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

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…

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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