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Something Weird Is Going on With the Sun, Scientists Find

The Sun — usually so predictable — is exhibiting some surprising behavior and that has scientists very intrigued. Astronomers had predicted that our host star was entering a period of relative quiet back in 2008, but NASA scientists have published a new study in The Astrophysical Journal Letters ...

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Futurism

Something Weird Is Going on With the Sun, Scientists Find

Futurism

Parents Of Kids Allegedly Killed and Harmed by AI Give Emotional Testimony on Capitol Hill, Urge Regulation

Parents who allege their children were abused, maimed, and even killed by AI chatbots gave emotional testimonies on Capitol Hill on Tuesday during a hearing about risks to young users posed by the tech — all while urging lawmakers to enforce regulation in a landscape that remains a digital Wild West. ...

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Futurism

Parents Of Kids Allegedly Killed and Harmed by AI Give Emotional Testimony on Capitol Hill, Urge Regulation

Futurism

Anthropic Report Finds Dire News About AI's Effects on Job Market

As businesses rush to adopt AI models, a new report from the OpenAI competitor Anthropic reveals what the tech is really being used for. Instead of helping augment human labor, companies are mainly using AI to automate work. In numbers, an overwhelming 77 percent of how businesses are using Anthropic's ...

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Anthropic Report Finds Dire News About AI's Effects on Job Market

Futurism

Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves

For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil resulting from the birth of a new black hole that formed from the merger of two others. The international team of researchers measured the ripples in the fabric of spacetime, known as gravitational waves, allowing them to get unprecedented ...

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Futurism

Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves

Futurism

AI Chatbots Are Leaving a Trail of Dead Teens

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. A third family has filed a lawsuit against an AI company, alleging a chatbot ...

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Futurism

AI Chatbots Are Leaving a Trail of Dead Teens

Futurism

There's Something Psychologically Bizarre About AI Executives

For many hopeful entrepreneurs, founding a successful company is a ticket to the top, the lofty promise of fame and fortune. Yet for a growing number of AI executives, a successful tech startup is the end in itself — not a step toward luxury, but a rejection of it. As the Wall Street Journal recently ...

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Futurism

There's Something Psychologically Bizarre About AI Executives

WIRED Science

This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics

Located in China, Juno is a 17-country collaboration that will try to detect neutrinos and antineutrinos to learn more about their mass.

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WIRED Science

This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics

WIRED Science

Whole-Genome Sequencing Will Change Pregnancy

At WIRED Health 2025, Orchid CEO Noor Siddiqui and the genomics pioneer George Church laid out their view of the future of genetic screening.

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WIRED Science

Whole-Genome Sequencing Will Change Pregnancy

WIRED Science

The Next Era of Gene Editing Will Be Disease Agnostic

At the WIRED Health summit, biochemist David Liu said his lab is on the verge of revealing a new gene-editing technique that could target multiple unrelated diseases.

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WIRED Science

The Next Era of Gene Editing Will Be Disease Agnostic

WIRED Science

WIRED Health Recap: Cancer Vaccines, Crispr Breakthroughs, and More

This year’s WIRED Health summit in Boston featured Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, and a day’s worth of insights and provocative conversations.

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WIRED Science

WIRED Health Recap: Cancer Vaccines, Crispr Breakthroughs, and More

Singularity HUB

This AI Found Signs Comatose Patients Were Waking Up Days Before Doctors Did

The algorithm discovered early signals of consciousness in extremely subtle facial movements. The post This AI Found Signs Comatose Patients Were Waking Up Days Before Doctors Did appeared first on SingularityHub.

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This AI Found Signs Comatose Patients Were Waking Up Days Before Doctors Did

Singularity HUB

Scientists Hope 3D-Printed Skin Can Bring On-Demand Treatment for Serious Injuries

New bioprinting techniques make it possible to 3D print skin with complex networks of blood vessels. The post Scientists Hope 3D-Printed Skin Can Bring On-Demand Treatment for Serious Injuries appeared first on SingularityHub.

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Singularity HUB

Scientists Hope 3D-Printed Skin Can Bring On-Demand Treatment for Serious Injuries

Science - The Verge

New York Times Science

How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests.

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New York Times Science

How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

New York Times Science

Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Revealed by ‘Shockingly Beautiful’ Fossil

A specimen discovered in Mongolia is the most complete fossil yet found of a pachycephalosaur, a dinosaur believed to be built for head-butting.

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New York Times Science

Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Revealed by ‘Shockingly Beautiful’ Fossil

New York Times Science

A Forgotten Cosmic Impact Was Hidden in a Museum’s Glass Shards

Scientists thought that an Australian museum’s collection of tektites came from an 800,000-year-old asteroid strike on Earth. Some of them turned out to be much older.

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New York Times Science

A Forgotten Cosmic Impact Was Hidden in a Museum’s Glass Shards

New York Times Science

Building an Octopus Dictionary, One Arm Movement at a Time

Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight appendages. It wasn’t easy.

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New York Times Science

Building an Octopus Dictionary, One Arm Movement at a Time

National Science Foundation

NSF invests $6.2 million in EPSCoR Research Fellows

The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $6.2 million in 24 exceptional researchers who have been selected as NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research...

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National Science Foundation

NSF invests $6.2 million in EPSCoR Research Fellows