2025-11-16

The evolution of rationality: How chimps process conflicting evidence

Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds. [...]

2025-11-16

This Lunar Resource Is So Valuable It Could Spark a New Gold Rush

Interlune has a plan to extract Helium-3, a substance worth a reported $20,000,000 per kilogram, from the moon. Here's how. [...]

2025-11-15

An Invasive Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Spread to the Rocky Mountains

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue, yellow fever, and Zika was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in We [...]

2025-11-15

Wyoming dinosaur mummies give us a new view of duck-billed species

Exquisitely preserved fossils come from a single site in Wyoming. [...]

2025-11-14

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Really Make the Days Longer?

By shifting water to a higher elevation, the giant Three Gorges Dam caused the Earth to spin more slowly. [...]

2025-11-14

Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid. [...]

2025-11-14

The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived

A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year. [...]

2025-11-14

Databricks: 'PDF parsing for agentic AI is still unsolved' — new tool replaces multi-service pipelines with single function

There is a lot of enterprise data trapped in PDF documents. To be sure, gen AI tools have been able to ingest and analyze PDFs, but accuracy, time and cost have been less than ideal. New technology fr [...]

2025-11-14

Scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling Fusarium graminearum into US. But what is it?

Early warning system being developed by universities may slow the plant pathogen. [...]