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'It won’t be so much a ghost town as a zombie apocalypse': How AI might forever change how we use the internetAI slop, chatbots and agentic AI are changing the internet, and could transform it beyond recognition, experts say.
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New tests could nearly halve the rate of late-stage cancers, some scientists say — is that true?Blood tests that look for over a dozen cancers are being developed. But how soon will they help patients?
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Scientists claim 'Lucy' may not be our direct ancestor after all, stoking fierce debateRecent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.
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Scientists build 'most accurate' quantum computing chip ever thanks to new silicon-based computing architectureResearchers say they have created the world's first scalable atomic quantum processor that achieves record-breaking 99.99% fidelity.
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Experts divided over claim that Chinese hackers launched world-first AI-powered cyber attack — but that's not what they're really worried aboutAnthropic said a Chinese espionage group used its Claude AI to automate most of a cyberattack campaign, but experts question how autonomous the operation really was, and what it means for the future of AI-powered hacking.
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Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warnCalifornia-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with telescopes, blind stargazers and impact the environment.
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Jane Goodall revolutionized animal research, but her work had some unintended consequences. Here's what we've learned from them.Following Jane Goodall's death, chimp experts explain how her early observations still influence our understanding of our ape cousins.
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Extreme weather caused more than $100 billion in damage by June — smashing US recordsAfter damaging wildfires in LA, tornadoes and series of floods, the first six months of this year smashed multiple extreme weather records in the U.S., data show — and experts say this trend is likely to continue.
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AI can now be used to design brand-new viruses. Can we stop it from making the next devastating bioweapon?Scientists have used AI to design bacteriophages, or viruses that infect only bacteria. Does the prospect of designing viruses with AI pose threats to biosecurity?
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