Why are vertebrate eyes so different from those of other animals?

A new hypothesis proposes that our ancestors lost their eyes, then rebuilt them. [...]

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC. [...]

AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female patients, UK research finds

The latest example of bias permeating artificial intelligence comes from the medical field. A new study surveyed real case notes from 617 adult social care workers in the UK and found that when large [...]

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

A study of plastic bottles washed up on the Pacific coast of Latin America has identified a double problem—a mass of local waste combined with long-traveling bottles from Asia. [...]

This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate that it could house the most massive object ever seen in the universe. [...]

OpenAI and Sam Altman are reportedly creating a startup rival to Elon Musk's Neuralink

Sam Altman is preparing to co-found a new company funded by OpenAI that will go up against Elon Musk's Neuralink, The Financial Post reported. The startup, called Merge Labs, will use AI for its [...]

OpenAI, cofounder Sam Altman to take on Neuralink with new startup

Sam Altman says we could soon have "high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces." [...]

Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

"The [structural] mechanism producing these problematic outcomes is really robust and hard to resolve." [...]

10 college majors with the highest ROI for your tuition

Discover which bachelor's degrees deliver the best financial payoff. From engineering to data science, these 10 majors offer strong lifetime earnings and career stability. [...]