A Sheep Plague Left DNA In The York Gospels

Ancient DNA from Bronze Age sheep teeth and medieval manuscripts, including the York Gospels, traces 3,700 years of sheeppox as the virus returns to Europe.

Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?

“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert.

NASA pays Boeing $359m to get Starliner flying, eyes crew return by 2028
NASA pays Boeing $359m to get Starliner flying, eyes crew return by 2028

NASA will pay Boeing $359m to help get its Starliner spacecraft flying again. It will also buy two more Starliner flights to the International Space Station. NASA and Boeing announced the plan at a news conference on Monday, and NASA set it out in a st…

In This College AI Course, Descartes And Rousseau Are On The Syllabus

Courses at the University of San Francisco and elsewhere go beyond the particulars of how to use artificial intelligence to explore what it means for human thought.

Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals

Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined.

NASA Bets On Boeing Starliner For Crewed Return In 2028

NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg will command Boeing Starliner’s return to crewed flight in 2028 as NASA prepares for a future beyond SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient
Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient

The US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it “among the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration.” It’s a nail in the coffin for Biden-era standards that would have required fleet average fuel economy to reach 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031. President Donald […]

Why A Jupiter-Bound Spacecraft Is Flying Past Earth 3 Years Later

ESA’s Juice spacecraft has flown past Earth, using the planet’s gravity to reshape its trajectory as it continues its eight-year journey to Jupiter.

SpaceX’s Starship Reaches Orbit For First Time In Historic Flight 14

SpaceX Starship reached orbit for the first time on Monday, Sept. 28, as it began a 10-hour mission that will end with its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Philips’ motion-tracking smart toothbrush uses AI to make you a better brusher
Philips’ motion-tracking smart toothbrush uses AI to make you a better brusher

First announced in July with an expected limited launch later this year, the Philips Sonicare Next-Generation DiamondClean 9900 Prestige smart toothbrush is now available in Europe and the US, with a broader global rollout expected in 2027. While the previous iteration is still available and discounted from $429.99, the new “Next-Gen DiamondClean” version is debuting […]