2025-05-09

Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US

EU will spend over $500 million to recruit researchers and scientists. [...]

2025-05-08

Belief in fake news linked to problematic social media use

People who scored high on problematic social media use are more likely to like and share fake news. [...]

2025-05-08

Trump just made it much harder to track the nation’s worst weather disasters

US abruptly stops tracking costs of the most devastating storms. [...]

2025-05-08

As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract It

The Choose Europe for Science program will invest more than half a billion dollars between 2025 and 2027 to recruit researchers and scientists—especially from the United States. [...]

2025-05-08

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants

CBP's acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency's custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly. [...]

2025-05-07

New PlayStation studio teamLFG is working on a multiplayer action game

Sony has expanded its PlayStation Studios roster with teamLFG, which spun out from Bungie and is working on an "ambitious" incubation project. The studio is based in Bellevue, Washington (wh [...]

2025-05-07

Amazon Prime Video Has a New NASA Live Channel for Streaming Rocket Launches

NASA Plus is now on Prime Video and will include, among other cosmic content, livestreams of major space launches. [...]

2025-05-07

NOAA warns staff a militia group thinks its radars are 'weather weapons'

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has warned the National Weather Service of possible attacks from an armed conspiracy group targeting Doppler radar stations, according to a report f [...]

2025-05-07

Amazon's newest fulfillment robot has a sense of touch

Amazon has deployed over 750,000 robots to its fulfillment centers over the last decade or so, but now there's a new, shall we say, more sensitive addition. The company has announced Vulcan, its [...]