2025-01-31

Bogus research is undermining good science, slowing lifesaving research

There may be several hundred thousand fake scientific papers in circulation. [...]

2025-01-31

Astronaut Suni Williams Sets New Record on Spacewalk Outside ISS

Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to return to Earth in March after a months-long delay. [...]

2025-01-31

The Morning After: Our verdict on the Galaxy S5 Ultra and Galaxy S25

It’s early 2025, the weather’s still cold, so it must be time for Samsung to kick off the year’s flagship smartphone race with its latest barrage of devices. This time, we’ve got three S25 pho [...]

2025-01-31

The Severance writer and cast on corporate cults, sci-fi, and more

Cult documentaries, science fiction classics are named as the show's influences. [...]

2025-01-31

RFK Jr.’s Senate Testimony Is Haunted by His Track Record

During his confirmation hearings this week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would promote vaccines as HHS secretary, despite a long history of promoting anti-vax positions. [...]

2025-01-31

New Study Shows Black Holes Prepare and Eat Their Own Dinner

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume again. [...]

2025-01-31

OpenAI's o3-mini is here and available to all users

OpenAI’s latest machine learning mode has arrived. On Friday, the company released o3-mini and it's available to try now. What's more, for the first time OpenAI is making one of its " [...]

2025-01-31

How Accurate Is Groundhog Day? Experts Grade the Woodchucks

Sand Mountain Sam is already predicting an early spring, so let's hope he knows his stuff. [...]

2025-01-30

Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA

Bringing forward the return of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would leave just a single astronaut operating the US portion of the International Space Station. [...]