
Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly mulling a merger with xAI
SpaceX and xAI could join forces ahead of Elon Musk’s plan to take the former public later this year, according to Reuters

Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly mulling a merger with xAI
SpaceX and xAI could join forces ahead of Elon Musk’s plan to take the former public later this year, according to Reuters

Heathrow dropped its 100-ml liquids rule. This scanner tech made it possible
New CT scanners can build a 3D model of your carry-on, helping airport staff spot risks without making you unpack or decant liquids into tiny bottles


The new forensic science of proving what’s real
As deepfakes blur the line between truth and fiction, we’ll need a new class of forensic experts to determine what’s real, what’s fake and what can be proved in court

AI’s next battleground is your body
Tech giants are betting that we are finally ready to invite a persistent digital device into our lives

AI isn’t conscious—but we may be bringing it to life
In rethinking whether AI is sentient, we are asking bigger questions about cognition, human-machine interaction and even our own consciousness

The next AI revolution could start with world models
Why today’s AI systems struggle with consistency and how emerging world models aim to give machines a steady grasp of space and time

The White House Wants an AI Fast Lane
The Trump administration’s top science adviser urged the adoption of a single national AI rule book as lawmakers pressed him on who would pay for the build-out

Wikipedia at 25: Science’s Front Page Faces a New Era
Wikipedia had to fight to establish its legitimacy—and now it faces a new existential threat posed by generative AI

These vertical solar panels survive storms by ‘swaying’ like trees
Traditional solar fails in the windswept north. Two Swedish inventors are betting on aerodynamic resilience to solve the latitude gap

How Woodpeckers Peck with Power, Why Flu Is Spiking, and What AI and Robots Mean for Tech’s Future
Why flu cases are spiking, how AI predicts disease from your sleep, and what surprising biomechanics lie behind woodpeckers’ powerful pecks.

Stevie Wonder’s Rule for AI at CES: ‘Make Life Better for the Living’
At CES 2026, Stevie Wonder offered a simple test for tech. And in the smart glasses boom, the most persuasive tools aren’t about perfect sight but day-to-day independence

OpenAI Would Like You to Share Your Health Data with Its AI Chatbot
Users will be able to upload their health data to ChatGPT in order to get what OpenAI has described as a more personalized experience