Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Although no one captured a direct image of the impact, scientists have detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site in the co [...]

Anthropic spent a year buying biology talent. Its newest partner says the bottleneck isn’t science.

ICON plc has agreed a multi-year collaboration with Anthropic to put Claude across the clinical trial process. The Dublin company is a contract research organisation, which means pharmaceutical firms [...]

RFK Jr.’s New Podcast Is as Weird as You’d Expect

The first two episodes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new podcast feature him discoursing on food with a reality-TV chef and, for some reason, Mike Tyson. Vaccines are not on the agenda. [...]

Apple TV signs TV and movie deal for Brandon Sanderson's fantasy books

Brandon Sanderson, a popular author of high-fantasy and science fiction books, has signed a deal with Apple TV to adapt his works set in the Cosmere fictional universe into films and TV shows. Sanders [...]

AI trained on bacterial genomes produces never-before-seen proteins

Genes with related functions cluster together, and the AI uses that. [...]

Science-centric streaming service Curiosity Stream is an AI-licensing firm now

Curiosity Stream's owner has more content for AI companies than it does for subscribers. [...]

The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog

My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway. [...]

AI denial is becoming an enterprise risk: Why dismissing “slop” obscures real capability gains

Three years ago this week, Chat GPT was born. It amazed the world and ignited unprecedented investment and excitement in AI. Today, ChatGPT is still a toddler, but public sentiment around the AI boom [...]

Why synthetic emerald-green pigments degrade over time

Light is the greatest threat to 19th-century masterpieces like James Ensor's The Intrigue, study finds. [...]