2025-05-19

Blade Runner: 18-Rotor "Volocopter" Moving from Concept to Prototype

It may look "nutty" and like a "blender," but the designers say the craft could challenge helicopters [...]

2025-05-19

Biotech company Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe for $256M

Regeneron will use trove of 23andMe genetic data to develop medical advances. [...]

2025-05-19

CERN gears up to ship antimatter across Europe

A portable containment device that can be dropped on a truck. [...]

2025-05-19

Microsoft just launched an AI that discovered a new chemical in 200 hours instead of years

Microsoft launches Discovery platform that uses agentic AI to compress years of scientific research into days, transforming R&D across pharmaceuticals, materials science, and semiconductor industr [...]

2025-05-19

Want to Speak to Dophins? Researchers Won $100,000 AI Prize Studying Their Whistling

The scientists studied a bottlenose dolphin community in Sarasota, Florida, uncovering evidence of language-like communications. [...]

2025-05-17

What to read this weekend: A brief history of humankind's many apocalypses

These are some recently released titles we think are worth adding to your reading list. This week, we read Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures, a compelling new [...]

2025-05-16

How Murderbot’s Chris and Paul Weitz adapted All Systems Red for TV

For Paul and Chris Weirtz, Murderbot — the upcoming TV adaptation of Martha Wells' sci-fi novella All Systems Red — was an experiment: Can you have a hero who tries to do nothing?<br /> [...]

2025-05-16

The FDA clears the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease

There's a new way to screen for early detection of Alzheimer's disease. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first blood test for the disorder. Fujirebio Diagnostics [...]

2025-05-15

A peer’s promise can help kids pass the marshmallow test

Younger children were slightly more likely to successfully delay gratification than older children. [...]