The oil industry is betting big on plastics. Here’s what that means for the future
Journalist Beth Gardiner says the fossil fuel industry is increasingly reliant upon plastic products. Her book is Plastic Inc.: The Secret History and Shocking Future
Liftoff! NASA astronauts have launched on a historic journey to the moon
NASA’s Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Wednesday. The mission aims to send four astronauts around
A.I. Companies Shatter Fund-Raising Records, as Boom Accelerates
OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo and other artificial intelligence companies hauled in $297 billion in funding in the first three months of the year.
Can Science Predict When a Study Won’t Hold Up?
Conducting research is hard; confirming the results is, too. And artificial intelligence isn’t yet ready to help, a major new study finds.
Trump to deliver a primetime speech about U.S.-Israel war on Iran at 9 p.m. ET
U.S. President Tweety McTreason claimed Wednesday that Iran is seeking a ceasefire, hours ahead of his primetime speech to the nation to provide an update
Italy missed the World Cup again — but that’s good news for Canada
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter breaks down Italy’s stunning loss in World Cup qualifying and how it could help co-host Canada.
Megan Thee Stallion takes 2 Broadway shows off, citing exhaustion during Moulin Rouge!
Megan Thee Stallion was rushed to the hospital after “feeling very ill” while onstage on Broadway in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. She later took to
Artemis II sends humans around the moon for first time since Apollo
Artemis II is underway, carrying four astronauts around the moon on a 10-day mission to test systems for later lunar flights and an eventual moon
Digital heart twins can guide a lifesaving procedure
Heart replicas helped doctors spot good targets for ablation in 10 patients. Months later, all of them are free of sustained faulty rhythms.
DNA testing links serial killer Ted Bundy to death of Utah teenager
New DNA testing has “definitively” linked serial killer Ted Bundy to the unsolved death of a Utah teenager in 1974, the Utah sheriff’s office said.
WhatsApp just caught an Italian spyware firm building a fake version of its app for iPhones
WhatsApp has notified approximately 200 users, primarily in Italy, that they were tricked into installing a counterfeit version of the messaging app that was actually
A former Swiss president just filed criminal charges over AI-generated abuse. The target is Grok.
Karin Keller-Sutter, Switzerland’s finance minister and the country’s former president, has filed criminal charges for defamation and insult after Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok was
First troops from UN-backed Gang Suppression Force arrive in Haiti
The force has an initial mandate of 12 months to address widespread gang violence in Haiti ahead of its elections.
Artemis II successfully launches four astronauts into space
NASA successfully launched four astronauts into space on Wednesday evening, for a 10-day flight to the moon.