A coronal mass ejection left the sun Tuesday in the wake of a solar flare, which could mean displays of aurora on Friday, say space weather experts.
Google announced a new agreement to update six nuclear power plant sites across the US as the tech giant seeks to generate more electricity for its power-hungry data centers. Google signed the 20-year deal with Constellation, the leading nuclear power plant operator in the US. The power purchase agreement is meant to guarantee the revenue […]
“There’s a perception of mobster behavior” from leading AI companies, one mathematician tells WIRED as OpenAI prepares to release more than 100 new solutions to unsolved problems.
Three Tampa Bay counties are under emergency orders as Florida logs a record 252 locally acquired dengue cases. What the orders do and what drove the outbreak.
Bridge Neurotech is planning to build a wearable brain-computer interface that uses ultrasound.
Kenya’s first Ebola patient flew from Entebbe to Nairobi in the final days of a fatal illness. An epidemiologist explains what that means for contacts.
Smart people often hesitate on easy questions and work things out the long way. Psychology explains why these ‘stupid’ habits signal real intelligence.
A rather strong “planetary wave” recently slammed into South America and is making its way toward California. In case you’re worried about headlines warning of the supposedly “freak” phenomenon “bringing trouble,” it’s worth understanding what this wave really is and isn’t. Called a Kelvin wave, it’s carrying warm water to the Americas that’s typically trapped […]
An appeals court has tossed the 10.5-year sentence of a man who shot another driver, citing the unreliability of an AI-generated video of the victim presented in court.
The newly named big-nosed lanternshark, Etmopterus bulbosus, is just 21 centimetres long but carries a surprisingly distinctive combination of features, including a bulbous snout, unusual thorn-like scales and glowing markings.