2025-08-07

Stone tools may hint at ancestors of Homo floresiensis

The stone flakes don't look like much, but they're a clue in an ancient cold case. [...]

2025-08-07

The ISS Crew Is Returning to Earth: Here's How to Watch Online

You can watch the ISS astronauts return home on Friday. [...]

2025-08-07

New executive order puts all grants under political control

All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants. [...]

2025-08-06

Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors

Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health problems and stigma have echoed down the generations. [...]

2025-08-06

Cockatoos know 30 distinct dance moves

Ten of 21 known cockatoo species exhibit dance behavior, and one bird executed 17 unique moves. [...]

2025-08-06

Some AI tools don’t understand biology yet

A collection of new studies on gene activity show that AI tools aren't very good. [...]

2025-08-06

Google Cloud's newest AI agents want to boost data science and engineering in your business

Google Cloud launches six new agents and other tools to help data scientists do more with their data – and with less experience. [...]

2025-08-06

Google Cloud’s data agents promise to end the 80% toil problem plaguing enterprise data teams

New AI agents handle pipeline creation, data science workflows and analytics queries autonomously, potentially reshaping how enterprise data professionals spend their time. [...]

2025-08-06

The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective memory—the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. [...]