A four-month-old startup just raised $650 million to build AI that improves itself

  The idea that an AI system could improve itself, then use those improvements to improve itself again, faster, in an accelerating loop that eventually outpaces every human researcher on earth, has b [...]

Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference

With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost. [...]

Tropical Diseases Like Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europe

Climate change is helping invasive species to not only establish themselves across the Continent but to stay alive for longer. Scientists suggest we get used to it. [...]

Some ancient microbes frozen with Ötzi the Iceman are still growing

What’s the difference between a person, an artifact, and an ecosystem? [...]

Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity

Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it's a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being. [...]

Google’s new hurricane model was breathtakingly good this season

Meanwhile, the US Global Forecasting System continues to get worse. [...]

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. [...]

This reduction would 'offset the initial cost of the device': New research argues for health services giving out Apple Watches to patients for free — here's why

Science confirms what we knew all along: smartwatches are literal lifesavers. [...]

A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip

Mindstate Design Labs, backed by Silicon Valley power players, has created what its CEO calls “the least psychedelic psychedelic that’s psychoactive.” [...]