An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will pass harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both, while providing scientists a chance to study the object close up. Asteroid flybys are common but Nasa said it was rare for o ...

This week New York Times columnist Ezra Klein joined the ranks of those who are seriously freaked out about artificial intelligence. And he did this in a column posted two days before OpenAI announced the release of its latest AI, GPT-4—an event that ...

OUR WORLD IS populated by hundreds of thousands of cyborgs. Some are Parkinson’s patients, who can shut off their tremors by activating metal electrodes implanted deep within their brains. Others—albeit far fewer—are completely paralyzed people who c ...

Americans are one step closer to being able to buy chicken grown from animal cells, also known as lab-grown meat. Good Meat, the developer of such a chicken product, announced Tuesday that it has received a so-called “no questions” letter from the Fo ...

Is a dog more similar to a chicken or an eagle? Is a penguin noisy? Is a whale friendly? Psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, say these absurd-sounding questions might help us better understand what’s at the heart of some of socie ...

f little gold men were awarded for the most environmentally friendly Oscars attendees, then Ed Begley Jr and Hayden Carson Begley would be the toast of Tinseltown.

OpenAI's ChatGPT conversational chatbot is taking the tech industry by storm, and now you can ask it things right on your wrist, thanks to a new app for Apple Watch called Petey.

Rancher Robert Puga's cattle had been stranded and starving in the snow for weeks. "We've never seen record snow like this, ever. And we're losing cattle left and right," Puga said. His ranch is in the far north of California ...

Koko, a mental health nonprofit, found at-risk teens on platforms like Facebook and Tumblr, then tested an unproven intervention on them without obtaining informed consent. “It’s nuanced,” said the founder.

Apple will release a redesigned HomePod with a 7-inch display in the first half of 2024, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a brief post on Medium, Kuo wrote that the next-generation ‌HomePod‌'s display could facilitate deeper integrati ...

The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press, the Guardian ...

The second person to walk on the moon can't wait to see new astronauts follow in his footprints. Buzz Aldrin, one of the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission of 1969, said Thursday (Feb. 23) he is excited to see NASA land people on the moon again ...

Tech companies are moving fast on AI. That could prove catastrophic

Episode 5 of “The Last of Us” will begin streaming on HBO Max on Friday, Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. ET, two days before the the series’ regularly scheduled Sunday night airing on HBO — which, on Feb. 12, coincides with the Super Bowl. A large fraction of view ...

Robotic IQ is apparently on the uptick. Now, we read, the accomplished mechanical wonders can drive, as long there’s not too much to steer around, be watchful lifeguards, and mimic human behavior in video games. And how far a leap is it from video ga ...

Apple has discussed selling a new top-of-the-line iPhone alongside the Pro and Pro Max models in 2024 at the earliest, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Based on this timeframe, the device would be part of the iPhone 16 lineup or later.

When Hulu premiered Pam & Tommy, the scripted TV series dredging up the most traumatic chapter of Pamela Anderson’s career, Anderson’s name was notably absent from the production. She did not consent to or sign off on the series, meaning that, ne ...

The U.S. government has denied two petitions to immediately protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales during the species’ calving season, raising concerns that this population of whales will continue to decline without intervention. T ...

TV IN 2020 IS NOT WHAT IT WAS IN 2000. When this century began, "streaming" was something that might refer to a river, not a way to watch TV shows and movies. The big four broadcast networks still reigned. People sat through commercials to ...

Get ready to experience the future of cryptocurrency with Nexa! This cutting-edge platform is set to shake up the industry with its lightning-fast transactions, advanced security measures, and innovative features. In this article, we’ll take an in-de ...