2025-07-21

There's Neuralink—and There's the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It

Unlike Elon Musk's brain-computer interface, Synchron's doesn't require open-skull surgery, and it has an OpenAI chatbot baked in. [...]

2025-07-21

How Trump Killed Cancer Research

Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research. [...]

2025-07-21

The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life

Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself [...]

2025-07-21

Animals Are the Original Wellness Influencers

Long before TikTok and probiotics, animals were teaching each other tips on feeling better, from swallowing leaves to get rid of parasites to using icebergs for exfoliation. [...]

2025-07-21

Who Controls Your Health? Test Your Knowledge of the MAHA Movement

US health officials, from RFK Jr. on down, have made some wild claims. See if you can name the person responsible for these quotes and factoids. [...]

2025-07-21

Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot

In experimental surgery on pig organs, the robot performed well. [...]

2025-07-21

OpenAI is getting closer with the UK government

The UK government has announced a new strategic partnership with OpenAI that could lead the company to "expand AI security research collaborations, explore investing in UK AI infrastructure like [...]

2025-07-21

Bright Fireballs in the Skies: Catch the Perseids Meteor Shower This Week

You may see as many as 100 meteors per hour if you're in a place where it's dark enough. [...]

2025-07-21

Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them

Makenzie Lystrup's departure from Goddard comes soon after the resignation of the director of JPL. [...]