2025-05-05

Anthropic launches "AI for Science" grant program

Anthropic has introduced a new "AI for Science" initiative that offers up to $20,000 per month in API usage credits to selected researchers.<br /> The article Anthropic launches " [...]

2025-05-05

Only elites used hallucinogens in ancient Andes society

Snuff tubes and spoons unearthed at Chavín de Huántar in Peru had traces of vilca and nicotine. [...]

2025-05-05

FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas

As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide aid to survivors in disaster areas, per a memo obtained by WIRED. [...]

2025-05-04

The Phony Physics of Star Wars Are a Blast

Those epic battle scenes in space are awesome—and physically impossible. But hey, it’s more fun this way! [...]

2025-05-04

Why Pigeons at Rest Are at the Center of Complexity Theory

When pigeons outnumber pigeonholes, some birds must double up. This obvious statement, and its inverse, have deep connections to many areas of math and computer science. [...]

2025-05-04

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has begun its mission to map the entire sky in 3D

A space observatory designed to map the entire sky over a period of two years to further our understanding of the early universe has started snapping images. SPHEREx, which launched in early March, go [...]

2025-05-04

SpaceX’s Texas HQ, Starbase, is officially on its way to becoming a city

The votes are in and residents of a small swath of southern Texas are in favor of Starbase becoming a real city. The newly-designated city is home to SpaceX and many of its employees, and it’s where [...]

2025-05-03

Doctor Who ‘Lucky Day’ review: Pete, I owe you an apology

Spoilers for “Lucky Day.”<br /> When the writers for this season of Doctor Who were announced, one name in the roster put me instantly on edge. Pete McTighe may have a distinguished filmogra [...]

2025-05-03

In his first 100 days, Trump launched an “all-out assault” on the environment

The threat posed by Trump’s administration is on a “new level,” environmental groups and legal experts say. [...]