13 Environmentally Conscious Packing Tips for Your Next Vacation

Your trip starts impacting the planet before you even leave home. Here are a few pointers for keeping your footprint small. [...]

Earliest African cremation was 9,500 years ago

New findings prompt a rethinking of group labor and ritual in ancient hunter-gatherer communities. [...]

Providers dropping common anesthesia drug that’s also a climate super pollutant

The European Union now prohibits desflurane's use during most procedures. [...]

OpenAI loses top AI researcher Jerry Tworek after seven years

Jerry Tworek, one of the key minds behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the o1 and o3 reasoning models, is leaving OpenAI after nearly seven years.<br /> The article OpenAI loses top AI researcher Jerry T [...]

TII’s Falcon H1R 7B can out-reason models up to 7x its size — and it’s (mostly) open

For the last two years, the prevailing logic in generative AI has been one of brute force: if you want better reasoning, you need a bigger model. While "small" models (under 10 billion param [...]

A Small Device Unveiled at CES Tells You Instantly If There's Gluten in Your Food (No, Really)

Allergen Alert, a new device unveiled at CES this week, uses laboratory science to detect food allergens and gluten while you're on the go, preventing potentially life-threatening reactions. [...]

Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used

With today’s scientific tools, the problem could have been spotted in the 1950s. [...]

Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed

As the US sees its highest number of measles cases in decades and vaccination rates fall, researchers are developing drugs to help those who contract the virus or who are particularly vulnerable. [...]

Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.

Capacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy. [...]