Meta says it can turn brain activity into typed sentences without opening your skull. The leap is real. So is the catch: the system learns from typing, the one thing its intended users cannot do. On Monday, Meta unveiled the second version of Brain2Qwe…
The Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun a 10-year sky survey, using the world’s largest digital camera to find asteroids, supernovae and anything else that moves.
Fusion’s hard problem was making more energy than you put in. The next one is turning that energy into cheap electricity. A Wisconsin startup says it has taken a first step, by lighting a few bulbs straight from its reactor. The company is Realta Fusio…
SpaceX’s IPO filing mentions asteroid mining as a potential long-term market as experts say cheaper launches and water resources could make space mining more realistic.
Overthinking and procrastination are usually blamed on poor discipline — but new research suggests both habits track with sharper, more exploratory thinking.
The US government has just handed scientists the largest map of human health ever assembled. It pairs more than half a million genomes with real medical records, and it arrives as the programme behind it faces deep budget cuts. The database comes from …
New biomechanical research shows Smilodon’s legendary saber teeth came with a surprisingly weak bite — and reveals the real weapon it used to kill instead.
Planning a Fourth of July getaway? Use less gas—and cut your emissions—by easing up on the pedal.
Scientists studying Puerto Rico’s shark fishery made an unexpected discovery: juvenile scalloped hammerheads being caught around the island appear to belong to a genetically distinct population. The finding suggests Puerto Rico’s hammerheads may not fi…
New satellite imagery reveals how much terrain has shifted in the wake of the twin quakes.