Palantir’s defence chief says the AI race raises the risk to Taiwan
Palantir defence chief Mike Gallagher said the AI race makes it more tempting for Xi Jinping to seize Taiwan, home to TSMC, before China falls
Australia moves to ban AI chatbots from ‘emotional intimacy’ with children
Australia’s digital duty of care bill would bar AI chatbots from building “emotional intimacy” with children. The bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday
Russia says more than 600 drones launched towards Moscow overnight
The attack is the latest in a series of major drone assaults targeting the Moscow region.
Judge rejects Trump effort to block California ‘noncitizen’ ballots
More than 100 subpoenas issued across 13 states as government ramps up search for alleged noncitizen voters.
Obama mocks Trump team’s Cheesecake Factory response
Obama mocks Trump team’s Cheesecake Factory response
Scientists discover a hidden oxygen reservoir deep inside Earth
Scientists have discovered that magma deep inside Earth can store surprising amounts of extra oxygen, potentially revealing a hidden contributor to our planet’s oxygen-rich atmosphere.
New microscopy platform enables deeper brain imaging without tissue damage
As light travels deeper into the brain, it scatters. Three-photon microscopy, the current state of the art, reduces the resulting background fluorescence and can, in
Soft robotic enteroscope offers a new approach to small intestine examination
An innovative robotic device inspired by snake movement could someday help gastroenterologists diagnose and treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other disorders of the small
COMPASS pathway helps regulatory T cells prevent intestinal inflammation
Trillions of bacteria live in the human gut without triggering an immune response. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have now discovered a gene-regulatory
High-fat diets in mouse parents alter offspring brain development
Researchers fed breeding pairs of mice five diets with different fat and sugar contents to examine how parental nutrition affects offspring brain development. High-fat diets
UCSF scientists develop smart CAR-T cells to fight childhood brain tumors
Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered CAR-T cells that stay dormant until they reach the brain, where they switch on and destroy tumor cells.
Supreme Court-backed GOP plot backfires as early ballots flood red states: report
Republicans set out this year to weaken Black voters’ power across the South, and new numbers suggest the effort has badly misfired. Black voters have
Pete Hegseth leaves Pentagon brass guessing after firing another top general: report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed out yet another senior military leader, leaving those still at the Pentagon to guess why. Army Lt. Gen. Brett
Police close investigation into Hayden Panettiere’s death
Police have closed the investigation into Hayden Panettiere’s death after a post-mortem found she died accidentally.