After LLMs and agents, the next AI frontier: video language models
Tesla’s viral videos show its Optimus humanoid robot serving drinks to guests — a glimpse of AI in the real world that a new AI
Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her — Dec. 26, 1898
Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics but would ultimately kill one of them.
Discovery of fat-regulating enzyme points to a new obesity therapy
Obesity is a global epidemic and a major cause of morbidity and mortality because it increases the risk for comorbidities, including heart disease and fatty
US talk show host targets Trump in alternative Christmas message
American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel delivered an alternative Christmas message this year, taking aim what he said was the rise of fascism under Donald
US carries out airstrikes on Islamic State ‘scum’ in Nigeria who targeted Christians, Trump says
The US has launched airstrikes against Islamic State militant “scum” in Nigeria, Tweety McTreason has said.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un pushes more missile production as ‘war deterrent’
North Korean leader calls for increased production of missiles, shells and more factories to produce them.
US releases missile launch video after northwest Nigeria strike
The US Department of War published footage of a missile being fired on Nigeria.
Rescue helicopter crashes, killing five on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro
Two foreigners seeking medical evacuation are among those killed in the crash on Africa’s highest mountain.
A New Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
The headline reads, “Breakthrough blood test finally confirms Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” As you might imagine, the story is far more complicated than that. Let’s start
Florida tried to shut down this Christmas drag show. It sold out the entire venue.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier spent two months trying to shut down a Pensacola production of A Drag Queen Christmas, a holiday-themed show featuring former
Uncovering the mystery of how algae makes snow green, red or orange
Snow isn’t always white; algae can make it look green, red, or orange, and scientists are trying to understand how and why these colorful patches
Experts met to discuss the ethics of using organoids in research
Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so
This week in science: Swearing, bird bills and the pandemic, and whale breath samples
Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR’s Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds’ bills changed during the pandemic and
NHS needs better plan around weight loss jabs, warn experts
Experts call for an urgent review of obesity treatment services amid booming demand for weight loss jabs.