Like astronauts’ “overview effect,” a dramatic feeling of awe takes hold on extended seafloor stays
Anthropic warns AI may soon begin recursive self-improvement
The maker of Claude wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors
Astronauts take shelter on the International Space Station due to air leaks
NASA ordered its astronauts to take refuge inside a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation of the International Space Station, but the crew returned to normal operations shortly afterwards
Report: FDA just launched a study on the abortion pill
The FDA’s ongoing review of mifepristone could skip over established science, health experts warn
How breast cancer screening can predict heart disease risk
AI analysis of mammograms could provide a “bonus finding” for heart disease
Planets aplenty may lurk around supermassive black holes
Planets might exist in the least likely place you’d imagine—around the outskirts of supermassive black holes
PCOS is now PMOS: What went behind renaming the common condition
A physician involved in the long push to change the name PCOS to PMOS takes us behind the scenes of this subtle yet consequential change
Trump invokes Defense Production Act to keep U.S. coal plants running
Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change
Remote work is making Americans lonelier and sadder, new study suggests
Remote and hybrid work can have benefits, but a study involving 588,000 people suggest they may take a serious mental toll
Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems—despite not being trained to do so
Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their strategies include cheating