2026-01-06

Appeals court upholds block on one of Trump’s cuts to research funds

The Trump admin can't arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate. [...]

2026-01-06

A Small Device Unveiled at CES Tells You Instantly if There's Gluten in Your Food

Allergen Alert uses laboratory science to detect food allergens and gluten while you're on the go, preventing potentially life-threatening reactions. [...]

2026-01-06

Vibration Plates: Learn the Science Behind the Strength-Building Fitness Fad

Vibration plates are a low-impact way to lose weight and build muscle. We spoke to fitness experts to find out how they work. [...]

2026-01-06

Artificial Analysis overhauls its AI Intelligence Index, replacing popular benchmarks with 'real-world' tests

The arms race to build smarter AI models has a measurement problem: the tests used to rank them are becoming obsolete almost as quickly as the models improve. On Monday, Artificial Analysis, an indepe [...]

2026-01-05

A Small Device Unveiled at CES Tells You Instantly If There's Gluten in Your Food (No, Really)

Allergen Alert, a new device unveiled at CES this week, uses laboratory science to detect food allergens and gluten while you're on the go, preventing potentially life-threatening reactions. [...]

2026-01-05

OpenAI loses top AI researcher Jerry Tworek after seven years

Jerry Tworek, one of the key minds behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the o1 and o3 reasoning models, is leaving OpenAI after nearly seven years.<br /> The article OpenAI loses top AI researcher Jerry T [...]

2026-01-05

Earliest African cremation was 9,500 years ago

New findings prompt a rethinking of group labor and ritual in ancient hunter-gatherer communities. [...]

2026-01-05

NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all

"There's very little to not like in this." [...]

2026-01-05

TII’s Falcon H1R 7B can out-reason models up to 7x its size — and it’s (mostly) open

For the last two years, the prevailing logic in generative AI has been one of brute force: if you want better reasoning, you need a bigger model. While "small" models (under 10 billion param [...]