2025-12-05

Scientists Develop an Octopus-Like 'Soft Robot' That Can Change Color

Meet Octoid, the squishy robot that changes from blue to green to red. [...]

2025-12-05

Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death

Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe. [...]

2025-12-04

12 former FDA chiefs unite to say agency memo on vaccines is deeply stupid

Prasad's arguments "misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record." [...]

2025-12-04

SpaceX Gets OK to Build 2 Starship Launch Pads at NASA's Cape Canaveral

The two Super Heavy launch pads will join one that SpaceX already has at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39-A. [...]

2025-12-04

A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy

Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades. [...]

2025-12-04

Gong study: Sales teams using AI generate 77% more revenue per rep

The debate over whether artificial intelligence belongs in the corporate boardroom appears to be over — at least for the people responsible for generating revenue.Seven in ten enterprise revenue lea [...]

2025-12-04

Welcome to “necroprinting”—3D printer nozzle made from mosquito’s proboscis

They're quite a bit cheaper than manufactured nozzles if you can dissect them. [...]

2025-12-04

Researchers find what makes AI chatbots politically persuasive

A massive study of political persuasion shows AIs have, at best, a weak effect. [...]

2025-12-04

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE

Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone. [...]