Can geoengineering blunt El Niño’s fury?
Marine cloud brightening could cool part of the Pacific and weaken extreme El Niños, simulations suggest. But the approach could have risks.
White House inadvertently calls JD Vance ‘dumb’ while defending his glaring mistake
Online critics piled mockery on Vice President JD Vance, and the White House’s attempt to defend him backfired. On Wednesday, Vance held a press conference
A shoebox-sized satellite could expose hidden nuclear weapons in space
There’s never been a good method to check for violations of the Outer Space Treaty’s prohibition of nuclear weapons in space.
GOP lawmaker sued by ex-girlfriend for breaching settlement over abuse claims
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is being sued by a former girlfriend over claims he violated a settlement agreement meant to silence her abuse allegations, even
OpenAI to release delayed models Thursday amidst a sea of regulatory confusion
As enterprises struggle to manage their AI strategies, the US AI regulatory environment is sending a wide range of contradictory signals. OpenAI’s Wednesday announcement that
Microsoft hopes to cut its genAI costs by focusing on its own models
Microsoft plans to focus more on in-house AI models in an effort to reduce its costs for generative AI (genAI), Bloomberg reports. The company has
We remember little to nothing of early childhood — and a recent mouse study may help explain why
The brain’s memory center may come “prewired,” rather than being built from scratch after birth, a new study in mice finds. The research, published in
Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth’s mysterious ‘quasi-moon’ — and it may pose a big problem
A secretive Chinese spacecraft has captured the first-ever close-up photo of one of Earth’s temporary “quasi-moons” after arriving there for a potential first-of-its-kind landing. The
Colorful ‘painting-like’ ripples cover an ancient seafloor structure in the Bahamas — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas [23.547188707, -76.46352937] What’s in the photo? Submerged sandbanks and seagrass beds in shallow water Which satellite
Fake Mitch McConnell hospital image spreads as questions surround his health
While the Kentucky senator’s hospital stay has been shrouded in mystery, an image spreading online doesn’t offer proof of his condition.
Musk’s SpaceXAI ships ‘Opus-class’ Grok 4.5 to undercut OpenAI and Anthropic
SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.5, its most capable model yet. It is the company’s first release since going public and buying the AI coding startup
Meta’s AI campus flushed a rare bacterium into Cheyenne’s water. The city hit back
A Meta contractor flushed a rare, potentially deadly bacterium into Cheyenne’s wastewater system. The Wyoming city has now suspended all data centre discharge, a fresh
Five key takeaways from the NATO summit in Ankara
Trump dominates summit with anti-Europe and Iran diatribes as NATO pledges to expand defence budgets and Ukraine support
Argentina fans accused of violence, racism by Egypt, Cape Verde supporters
Fans tell Al Jazeera Argentina supporters hurled beer bottles and abuse at them when their team scored in knockout games.