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Google scientists removed a critical 'consciousness safeguard' from AI models. What happened next?
Adam Shepherd · Live Science
A new study shows that measures to stop AI's claims of consciousness have unintended consequences for non-human entities.…
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What OpenAI’s latest controversy tells us about the future of math
Grace Huckins · MIT Technology Review
OpenAI’s latest mathematical milestone has quickly become mired in controversy. Today, the company announced that its agents have solved one of the Millennium P…
Where on Earth is safest from global catastrophe?
Sarah Wild · Live Science
In the event of a global catastrophe, such as a nuclear war, an enormous volcanic eruption or large asteroid strike, the best place to be is Australia, accordin…
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The Download: our 35 Innovators Under 35 this year
Thomas Macaulay · MIT Technology Review
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing our 35 Inn…
Arctic warming fuels 2 distinct climate regimes in Siberia that could wake up a methane 'sleeping giant'
Sascha Pare · Live Science
New research finds that western Siberia is becoming wetter as the world warms, while eastern Siberia seems to be getting drier. And both these conditions are fu…
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This founder is teaching chips how to recycle (their energy)
Eshan Raul · MIT Technology Review
Throughout the history of the computer chip, engineers have treated waste heat as an inevitable cost of a calculation. Hannah Earley, however, thinks it’s a des…
25 years ago, a NASA astronaut captured this haunting photo of the 9/11 attacks — Earth from space
Harry Baker · Live Science
During the Sept. 11 attacks, NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson — the only American not on Earth at the time — snapped a "sobering" shot of smoke pouring across Ne…
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This AI entrepreneur is developing agents that can plan ahead for the unexpected
Mat Honan · MIT Technology Review
Danijar Hafner’s office in San Francisco’s SoMa district sits mostly empty. His brand-new startup is still in stealth mode and doesn’t even have its name on the…
Eerily humanlike AI-powered robot enters mass production in China — its makers say it could soon be helping you out at home
Keumars Afifi-Sabet · Live Science
Xpeng's engineers have designed a humanoid robot that they say is the first in the world that will walk itself off the production line.…
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This founder is making cheaper, cleaner steel
Bridget Reed Morawski · MIT Technology Review
The steel industry isn’t exactly known for innovation. Very little has changed about purifying iron ore since the process was invented and commercialized in the…
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HPR4723: friedcamp interviews part 3: The fried telephone system
🎙 Kristoff · Hacker Public Radio
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Lieven Blancke: https://mastodon-belgium.be/@lieven asterisk: https://www.asterisk.org/ Asterisk audio files: h…
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This geneticist’s age-reversal tech could help restore sight
Antonio Regalado · MIT Technology Review
Yuancheng (Ryan) Lu is obsessed with aging. And with eyes. As he steps outside the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his aviator glasses darken a…
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'Star Trek' at 60 on ISS
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A small piece of "Star Trek" history was revealed aboard the International Space Station Tuesday (Sep. 8), 60 years (to the day) after the Starship Enterprise p…
Did Venus eat its own moon?
Robert Lea · Space.com
Scientists may finally know why Venus, Earth's twin, lacks a moon, finding that the hottest planet in the solar system may have consumed its own natural satelli…
Stoke Space raises $1 billion for fully reusable rockets, targets 'early 2027' for 1st-ever launch
Josh Dinner · Space.com
Stoke Space announced a $1 billion round of funding to support development of its fully reusable Nova rockets, including the newly revealed Nova Block 2, which …
'Star Trek' imagined strange new worlds 60 years ago, but are real exoplanets even stranger?
Alix Freckelton · Space.com
September 8th, 1966 was a Thursday. Not a fresh-start-Monday or an exciting Saturday. A regular old Thursday; except that this one catalysed a cultural phenomen…
Astrophotographer captures jaw-dropping view of the Crescent Nebula
Anthony Wood · Space.com
Astrophotographer Kevin Boardman spent more than 16 hours capturing the intricate filaments of the Crescent Nebula.…
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On this day in space! Sept. 8, 2004: NASA's Genesis spacecraft crashed in the Utah desert, shattering its samples of solar wind particles from the sun
Hanneke Weitering · Space.com
On Sept. 8, 2004, NASA's Genesis spacecraft crash-landed in Utah after its parachutes failed to deploy. Here's why it mattered.…
An unmissable $450 off, we rank this vintage-style Nikon as the best camera under $2000, but it is going fast
Chris McMullen · Space.com
Our expert thinks this Nikon Zf camera is a stylish, powerful performer at full price, offering great low-light performance to boot. Now, thanks to this Amazon …
2 satellites just burned up in Earth's atmosphere — and scientists were watching from a private jet. Here's why
Tereza Pultarova · Space.com
A team of researchers just chased a pair of reentering satellites in a private jet to learn about the pollution caused by space debris burning up in Earth's atm…
As 'Star Trek' turns 60, we take the iconic sci-fi franchise to sickbay for a full health report
Richard Edwards · Space.com
The date of 'Star Wars Day' is based on a "May the fourth be with you" pun. The date of 'Alien Day' (April 26), meanwhile, is inspired by an extremely tenuous l…
SpaceX rocket taxi returns after Roman Telescope launch | Space photo of the day for Sept. 8, 2026
Monisha Ravisetti · Space.com
The Roman Space Telescope launched beyond Earth on Aug. 30. And one of the most amazing parts of the liftoff was the Falcon Heavy rocket's boosters returning ba…
The rise of 'quantum gravity?' Einstein's theory seen in the quantum realm for 1st time
Robert Lea · Space.com
Scientists have spotted the first hints that Albert Einstein's formulation of gravity operates in the quantum realm.…
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