Trump's emergency orders pushing coal power are "illegal" as well as dumb

A World War II-era policy is stopping old coal plants from closing. [...]

Databricks' OfficeQA uncovers disconnect: AI agents ace abstract tests but stall at 45% on enterprise docs

There is no shortage of AI benchmarks in the market today, with popular options like Humanity's Last Exam (HLE), ARC-AGI-2 and GDPval, among numerous others.AI agents excel at solving abstract ma [...]

Meet the Quantum Kid

Nine-year-old Kai Moskvitch's podcast explores how quantum technologies can transform our daily lives. [...]

It’s Never Too Early to Start Planning for the Next Two Solar Eclipses

In 2027 and 2028, there will be two spectacular, long-duration solar eclipses. Here’s what you need to know about them. [...]

US‘s spike in electricity use is slowing down a bit

Half of a year of data shows that the solar boom is not slowing down. [...]

The Next Acetaminophen Tablet You Take Could Be Made From PET

This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria. [...]

Space Elevators Could Totally Work—If Earth Days Were Much Shorter

What would it take to run a cable from the ISS to Earth? Depends how fast you want the Earth to rotate. [...]

Rocket Report: SpaceX’s dustup on the border; Northrop has a nozzle problem

NASA has finally test-fired the first of its new $100 million SLS rocket engines. [...]

Fundamental emerges from stealth with first major foundation model trained for tabular data

The deep learning revolution has a curious blind spot: the spreadsheet. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have mastered the nuances of human prose and image generators have conquered the digital canv [...]