Actually, AI is a ‘word calculator’ – but not in the sense you might think
Attempts at communicating what generative artificial intelligence (AI) is and what it does have produced a…
Can Florida really end vaccine mandates? What would this mean for the US and countries like Australia?
This is why high vaccination rates are everybody’s business. Applying more coercive policy to vaccine refusers…
GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
Before satellite measurements, researchers relied on estimates and data from a smattering of air and ground-based…
EMBER2024: Advancing the Training of Cybersecurity ML Models Against Evasive Malware
CrowdStrike data scientists are members of a team of cybersecurity researchers that recently released EMBER2024, an…
What actually happens in your brain when you change your mind?
Imagine a game show where the host asks the contestant to randomly pick one option out…
Trump’s move of SPACECOM to Alabama has little to do with national security
In Alabama, ULA and Blue Origin operate rocket and engine factories near Huntsville. NASA’s Marshall Space…
Afghanistan Earthquake: Why Is Afghanistan Shaking So Often? | FJP Explainer
Afghanistan has been hit by yet another devastating earthquake, killing hundreds and leaving thousands injured. But…
Earth models can predict the planet’s future but not their own
Meanwhile, experts say that funding cuts could mean modeling abilities migrate overseas, some science may never…
Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
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Texas suit alleging anti-coal “cartel” of top Wall Street firms could reshape ESG
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate,…
CDC director has been ousted just weeks after Senate confirmation
Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, told the outlet that Monarez “values…
Why grow plants in space? They can improve how we produce food and medicine on Earth
Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier – Mars. To get there,…
AI systems are great at tests. But how do they perform in real life?
Earlier this month, when OpenAI released its latest flagship artificial intelligence (AI) system, GPT-5, the company…
Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue
The dissents The primary dissent was written by Chief Justice Roberts, and joined in part by…
Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine meddling on COVID shot guidance
“It’s clear that we’re in a different place in the pandemic than we were four or…
Celebrating 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
When The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in 1975, no one could have dreamed that it…
SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near
Engineers recreated the diffuser failure on the ground during the investigation, and then redesigned the part…
After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket
United Launch Alliance delivered multiple US military satellites into a high-altitude orbit after a prime-time launch…
CrowdStrike’s Approach to Better Machine Learning Evaluation Using Strategic Data Splitting
“Leakage” in machine learning (ML) occurs when data that an ML model should not learn on…
Whales and dolphins regularly hang out with each other – new study
As the annual humpback whale migration is underway with thousands of whales passing by the Australian…
How do scientists estimate crowd sizes at public events – and why are they often disputed?
Last Sunday, tens of thousands marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Gaza. But…
Why do some clothes shrink in the wash? A textile scientist explains how to ‘unshrink’ them
When your favourite dress or shirt shrinks in the wash, it can be devastating, especially if…
With Trump’s cutbacks, crew heads for ISS unsure of when they’ll come back
The next four-person team to live and work aboard the International Space Station departed from NASA’s…
Marine climate interventions can have unintended consequences – we need to manage the risks
The pace of innovation is now outstripping the capacity to responsibly regulate, monitor and evaluate these…