Anthropic warns AI could soon start improving itself. Critics aren’t convinced
The maker of Claude wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors
NASA’s X-59 plane goes supersonic for the first time
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Astronauts take shelter on the International Space Station because of air leaks
Math Puzzle: Who’s the boss?
Aquanauts experience awe-inspiring ‘underview effect’
Report: FDA just launched a study on the abortion pill
Giant black holes may be the universe’s best planet makers
How breast cancer screening can predict heart disease risk
Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment
What’s a quantum computer good for, anyway?
NASA’s Artemis era may finally solve three major moon mysteries
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Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.
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A new Ebola outbreak has killed hundreds—and the U.S. response is alarming experts
A new book debunks the myth of human selfishness—and makes the case for an ‘ecocivilization’
Anthropic warns AI could soon start improving itself. Critics aren’t convinced
The maker of Claude wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors
Humans conquered the planet 300 times faster than genetic evolution can explain
Culture is humanity’s secret for world domination. This calculation shows just how powerful it is
White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to ‘at-will’ hires
The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference
Astronauts take shelter on the International Space Station because of air leaks
NASA ordered its astronauts to take refuge inside a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and to prepare for potential evacuation of the International Space Station. But the crew returned to normal operations shortly afterward
How Gödel numbers let you do math with math itself
By encoding mathematical statements into numbers, mathematician Kurt Gödel used ordinary arithmetic to check whether a statement can be proved
New powerful GLP-1 drugs drop a lot of weight fast. How does that affect health?
New-generation GLP-1 drugs, such as retatrutide, are achieving higher rates of weight loss. How much weight is too much and too fast to lose?
