Could we ever build a transatlantic tunnel?
Will we ever have an underwater tunnel between New York and London?
AI could soon think in ways we don’t even understand — evading our efforts to keep it aligned — top AI scientists warn
Researchers at Google and OpenAI, among other companies, have warned that we may not be able to monitor AI’s decision-making process for much longer.
Scientists scan famous ‘Earthrise’ crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system
A large lunar crater featured in the iconic ‘Earthrise’ photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby.
Quantum Scientists Have Built a New Math of Cryptography
Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any
Microsoft to stop using China-based teams to support Department of Defense
Last week, Microsoft announced that it would no longer use China-based engineering teams to support the Defense Department’s cloud computing systems, following ProPublica’s investigation of
This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable
Earth is about 71 percent water. An overwhelming 97 percent of that water is found in the oceans, leaving us with only 3 percent in
Arellano: With Manifest Destiny art, DHS goes hard on ‘white makes right’
The Heritage American movement maintains that those Americans whose ancestors have been here for generations are more deserving of this nation’s riches than those of
Afghans in California reeling amid Trump administration travel ban, end of deportation protections
With the end of Temporary Protected Status for Afghan nationals, one organization estimates that as many as 11,700 Afghans in the U.S. are now vulnerable
Trump says he’s deporting the ‘worst of the worst.’ What is really happening?
As the number of immigration arrests in the L.A. region quadrupled from April to June, seven out of 10 immigrants arrested in June had no
Five killed as Ukraine and Russia trade drone attacks
Three people die in strikes on Dnipro in Ukraine, while two are killed in Russia’s Rostov region.
‘Pro-China’ lawmakers to retain seats in controversial Taiwan vote
Early results of the hugely controversial vote indicate the opposition will keep its majority in Taiwan’s parliament.
New research identifies critical gene for treatment
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – which you may know as the disease that affected Stephen Hawking – is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive
Uncovering origins of autism, depression, Parkinson’s in fetal brain
The origin of some neuropsychiatric diseases, such as autism, bipolar disorder, or depression, and certain neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, can be found in very
Researchers discover new trigger for mitophagy
Autophagy is essentially the ‘rubbish collection’ of our cells. If there are problems in this process, which is so important for our health, diseases such