Computer scientists are rushing to tame tame AI’s voracious appetite for energy
As I sip coffee in my Berlin apartment and fire a question at Google’s AI chatbot Gemini, it’s easy not to think about the energy
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Why does metal stick together in space?
If you push two metal plates together on Earth, nothing happens. But if you take those same plates into the vacuum of space, they can
Going Low and Slow in Testing
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions
Climate change is driving capuchin monkey mothers to abandon their infants
Plants, insects, and larger animals, like the forest’s white-faced capuchin monkeys, are well adapted to these changes. But in 2015, during an abnormally severe drought
‘The Romans were probably never going to go away’: In new ‘Almost History’ podcast, listen to how history might have played out if Carthage had defeated the Roman Republic
A new episode of ” Almost History ,” the alternate-history podcast from All About History , explores one of the biggest “what-ifs” of the ancient
IBM creates world’s first sub-1nm computer chip — cramming 100 billion transistors into a tiny fingernail-sized space
For the first time, scientists can develop computer chips with transistors smaller than 1 nanometer. The new “NanoStack” architecture that has made this possible could
Science news this week: Life on Mars, weird water and a curious human cousin
This week, we’ve taken one tantalizing step closer to finding out if there really was life on Mars, after NASA’s Perseverance rover uncovered the highest
AI images are more convincing than ever — infiltrating journals and undermining trust in science
A photograph of Earth glowing in deep space, the moon’s cratered horizon stretching across its foreground, caught many people’s eyes in April 2026. Astronauts captured
How did the Romans build such straight roads?
Ancient Roman transportation engineers built a vast network of roads that stretched across Europe, North Africa and parts of the Middle East. This complex road
Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog
Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the University of Cincinnati found pollution from truck exhaust
Brains break and repair DNA to grow
Newborn mice neurons can snap both DNA strands to migrate, then repair the breaks within a day. The process may be a normal part of
AI companies don’t want to be legally responsible for their chatbots. US courts should make them.
Who is responsible for AI’s output? Artificial intelligence (AI) companies like OpenAI maintain that they are not. In fact, their terms and conditions in 2023
Scientists infected a ‘vagina on a chip’ with gonorrhea — then cured it with a new antibiotic found by AI
With the aid of AI, scientists have identified a potential new antibiotic to treat gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that’s increasingly resistant to drugs.
New chip harnesses quantum computing’s biggest weakness — and tries to turn it into a strength
Researchers have created a new chip that turns one of quantum computing’s biggest frailties into a programmable feature. They say this first-of-its-kind experiment could carry