An Anthropic researcher quit over fears of runaway AI. His colleague who still works there agreed. Security experts argue that the incidents that are already on record call for tighter oversight, not panic.
Unique, mathematical 60-sided “Go First Dice” go on display
Researchers devised the dice to solve a tricky math problem: When playing a game, who goes first?
The Atlantic hurricane season just quietly broke a new weather record
The Atlantic Ocean has never seen a year without a hurricane since reliable records began
Giant armored crustaceans survive thanks to a gene stolen from bacteria
Scientists have long wondered how these bizarre creatures endured for years without food—now they’ve found out why
Why the Swift telescope was so special
NASA’s formidable gamma-ray burst hunter is doomed to soon reenter Earth’s atmosphere, leaving a glaring gap in our view of the high-energy sky
‘Odd couple’ black holes can find each other in space
Two studies find signs of strange black hole binary systems
Are AI chatbots making us less human?
What do we lose when machines become our closest confidants?
25 years after 9/11, survivors are still getting sick—here are the numbers
A quarter of a century after the Twin Towers fell, those who lived through the attacks are still seeking care for myriad illnesses, including cancers, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more
El Niño fuels wildfires in Indonesia, sickening some 100,000 people
The fires are burning peatlands, which can release more particulate matter into the air than other wildfires
The Pacific is being beset by hurricane after hurricane—why is the Atlantic so quiet?
The Pacific Ocean has seen an especially active hurricane season so far, while the Atlantic has had barely a whimper of a storm. Experts explain why