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Trump repeals emissions regulations of fossil-fuel power plants
The reversal of a Biden-era cap on emissions from the plants could have devastating effects in efforts to stop climate change
Posted on 14 September 2026 | 10:00 pm
25 winners of math’s ‘Nobel Prize’ decry the AI invasion of their discipline
A new declaration from winners of the Fields Medal reflects many mathematicians’ growing alarm over a “severe misalignment” between the tech industry and their field a week after AI toppled one of math’s biggest open problems
Posted on 14 September 2026 | 5:00 pm
What caused this woman’s hallucinations? Doctors reveal an infestation of brain worms
After months of headaches and visual hallucinations, a woman was finally revealed to have brain cysts filled with tapeworm larvae
Posted on 14 September 2026 | 12:00 pm
25 years after 9/11, AI sparks a math debate as data center pollution concerns grow
As new 9/11 documents emerge, AI transforms math and fuels debates over pollution, power and progress
Posted on 14 September 2026 | 12:00 pm
How our sense of beauty takes shape in the brain
A new study tries to map why humans can experience beauty collectively
Posted on 13 September 2026 | 1:00 pm
Why doing nothing is good for your brain
The case for not filling up every minute of your day
Posted on 12 September 2026 | 1:00 pm
How AI can help with early schizophrenia diagnosis
The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists?
Posted on 12 September 2026 | 1:00 pm
AI researcher Jacob Coxon quit, fearing extinction. Security experts see a familiar fight
An Anthropic researcher quit over fears of runaway AI. His colleague who still works there agreed. Security experts argue that the incidents that are already on record call for tighter oversight, not panic
Posted on 11 September 2026 | 6:01 pm
Unique, mathematical 60-sided "Go First Dice" go on display
Researchers devised the dice to solve a tricky math problem: When playing a game, who goes first?
Posted on 11 September 2026 | 5:30 pm
The Atlantic hurricane season just quietly broke a new weather record
The Atlantic Ocean has never seen a year without a hurricane since reliable records began
Posted on 11 September 2026 | 3:54 pm
Giant armored crustaceans survive thanks to a gene stolen from bacteria
Scientists have long wondered how these bizarre creatures endured for years without food—now they’ve found out why
Posted on 11 September 2026 | 3:00 pm
Why the Swift telescope was so special
NASA’s formidable gamma-ray burst hunter is doomed to soon reenter Earth’s atmosphere, leaving a glaring gap in our view of the high-energy sky
Posted on 11 September 2026 | 12:45 pm
‘Odd couple’ black holes can find each other in space
Two studies find signs of strange black hole binary systems
Posted on 11 September 2026 | 12:45 pm
Are AI chatbots making us less human?
What do we lose when machines become our closest confidants?
Posted on 11 September 2026 | 12:00 pm
25 years after 9/11, survivors are still getting sick—here are the numbers
A quarter of a century after the Twin Towers fell, those who lived through the attacks are still seeking care for myriad illnesses, including cancers, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more
Posted on 11 September 2026 | 11:00 am