Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He's Too Late

An executive order intended to give coal a boost ignores the reality not only of where energy markets are going, but where they are today. [...]

Fruit flies can be made to act like miniature robots

Light and smells can turn flies into remote-controlled near-automatons. [...]

The Next Acetaminophen Tablet You Take Could Be Made From PET

This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria. [...]

How a data center company uses stranded renewable energy

Some companies are paying low rates for renewable energy that would otherwise go unused. [...]

These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts

Study shows how patterns in LLM training data can lead to "parahuman" responses. [...]

The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity

Black hole and Big Bang singularities break our best theory of gravity. A trilogy of theorems hints that physicists must go to the ends of space and time to find a fix. [...]

NSF director resigns amid 55% budget cut, mass layoffs from Trump admin

The director did not state a reason for the resignation. [...]

Right-wing political violence is more frequent, deadly than left-wing violence

President Trump's assertions about political violence ignore the facts. [...]

Scientist Who Was Offline 'Living His Best Life' Stunned by Nobel Prize Win

Fred Ramsdell was on vacation in the Montana wilderness when he and two colleagues received the honor for their breakthroughs in immunology. [...]