After Republican complaints, judicial body pulls climate advice

Meant to help judges handle scientific issues, document is now climate-free. [...]

Senate response to White House budget for NASA: Keep SLS, nix science

Gateway is back, baby. [...]

Ars Live: 3 former CDC leaders detail impacts of RFK Jr.’s anti-science agenda

Join us Tuesday, December 16, at 2 pm ET to hear from leaders who resigned in protest. [...]

Ship fast, optimize later: Top AI engineers don't care about cost — they're prioritizing deployment

Across industries, rising compute expenses are often cited as a barrier to AI adoption — but leading companies are finding that cost is no longer the real constraint. <br /> <br /> The t [...]

Someone made a 'camera' that can shoot at two billion frames per second

Brian Haidet, a scientist creating videos on YouTube under the handle AlphaPhoenix, showed off a camera in a new video that can capture footage of a laser pointer at the speed of light. The camera is [...]

The world’s smallest pacemaker is injectable and powered by light

Engineers at Northwestern University have developed the world’s smallest pacemaker. It’s so small, as a matter of fact, that it fits inside the tip of a syringe. This means that it’s injectable, [...]

Hardcore iPhone 17 Pro teardown explains 'scratchgate' with microscopes and science

A couple of YouTube videos have confirmed that the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max can pick up scratches easily, in some areas. [...]

Beyond encryption: Why quantum computing might be more of a science boom than a cybersecurity bust

While quantum computers will be able to break traditional encryption, we’re still a long way from “No More Secrets” decryption. [...]

Science fiction sold us “good” AI – now it’s shaping how we treat real AI

By filling our minds with loyal droids and wise computers, has sci-fi set us up to misunderstand the messy truth of AI? [...]