OpenAI expõe mais casos de IA que contornou instruções de segurança

Por que os anos 1980 foram tão coloridos? A explicação por trás da 'trend' de fotos de IA que viralizou

Artistas respondiam às crises que atravessavam o mundo, da ditadura militar no Brasil aos anos de Margaret Thatcher no Reino Unido, desafiando padrões de compor…

Space weather caused a 16-minute train delay in 1848: 'Our research has a hint of a detective story'

A storm sent a surge of current through telegraph wires that caused a train on one of Britain's early railway lines to be delayed by 16 minutes.…

Satellites Have Made This Costly Broadband Subsidy Obsolete

For decades, taxpayers have been forced to prop up an increasingly outdated broadband subsidy program with billions of dollars a year. Now, advocates for new br…

1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered between pages of Dutch library book

A researcher was perusing a collection of old Egyptian texts in a Dutch library when he stumbled upon a torn piece of parchment containing a pivotal story: a se…

Meet a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells

Multiple cameras tracked a mouse as it wandered around a small arena. A computer charted its position and speed, leaving Pong-like traces on a monitor.  The rea…

New trick could reveal text on 2,000-year-old scrolls charred by eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Using X-ray technologies and custom-made software, researchers were able to read text they wrote on a fake ancient scroll designed to mimic those destroyed at H…

Scientists find an immune “false alarm” that may drive rapid aging

Scientists have discovered that some severe genetic disorders linked to rapid aging may be driven not just by damaged DNA, but by the body’s overreaction to tha…

Building the materials foundation for AI

The AI boom is becoming a materials challenge. As AI pushes computing into new territory, the materials behind that infrastructure are becoming just as crucial …

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket-landing team gets 1st-ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize

The SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Landing Team received the first-ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night (Sept. 15).…

Scientists finally figured out the temperature of T. rex's blood ‪— and it was as hot as ours

Tyrannosaurus rex was a hottie with a body temperature similar to our own, according to a new analysis of their teeth.…

A 240-million-year-old fossil just changed the dinosaur timeline

A newly identified 240-million-year-old animal from Tanzania is forcing scientists to rethink the early dinosaur timeline. Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda belongs …

The Download: AI’s trillion-dollar gamble and OpenAI’s biology data bid

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. What’s at stake in AI’…

Roman Space Telescope starts waking up as NASA powers on instruments for the 1st time

NASA has begun flipping on the instruments aboard the Roman Space Telescope to prepare the observatory for its scientific mission as it travels nearly a million…

Scientists find the whole grain “sweet spot” for better heart health

Eating four to six servings of whole grains a day may deliver meaningful benefits for heart health, according to a large review of 87 clinical trials. Researche…

The universe's most extreme dead stars can form from vampire white dwarfs — and scientists finally know how

Some vampire white dwarfs that feed on companion stars can transform into neutron stars, but like a cosmic Goldilocks, conditions must be "just right" for this …

Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids'

In a new study, scientists reared lab mice that were missing sections of their brains and then replaced the missing tissue with human cells.…

James Webb reveals Chariklo’s mysterious rings are changing faster than expected

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed surprising changes in the rings around Chariklo, a small object orbiting between Saturn and Uranus. Over just a few …

On this day in space! Sept. 16, 1949: A US launch of a V-2 rocket explodes, killing its monkey passenger Albert III

On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Here's how it happened and why it mattered.…