Technology

The end seems nigh for TikTok in the U.S.

A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with possible implications for future AI welfare

Thousands of U.S. TikTok users are joining China-based app RedNote, spawning memes, jokes and confusion 

TikTok is on the clock: ByteDance, the app’s China-based owner, must sell it by January 19 or face a ban

A federal court’s decision deals a legal blow to the open Internet

Transplanted chloroplasts endured two days inside animal cells—and got to work

Artificial versions of nanoscale soccer-ball-like structures called brochosomes might be used to make new forms of military camouflage, self-cleaning surfaces or hydrogen fuel

We need less uproar over everyday drones and more critical attention about ones near airports and other restricted airspace

Researchers seeking better bandages are creating extremely thin fibers of starch

We’re closing out the year with a roundup of the science stories that stood out to our editors in 2024.

Unless we pursue AI carefully, the Nobel committee will one day give a Peace Prize to the people cleaning up its terrible consequences, just as it did with nuclear physics

A fusion power plant will go live in the next decade and produce 400 megawatts of electricity, Commonwealth Fusion Systems says