A lawsuit says Oura’s sleep stages are AI guesses with a coin flip’s odds

A proposed class action filed in San Francisco alleges Oura’s sleep staging is generated by AI estimates rather than measurement, and names Finnish parent Oura Health Oy as a defendant. Oura says it [...]

AI could make scientists do more work less well, not less work better, study argues

Even if language models worked perfectly, they could make research worse, not better. A new theoretical study argues that because AI saves time, researchers' remaining hours become more valuable [...]

Transistors Changed Everything. Here’s How They Work

How a tiny little electronic switch sparked the computer revolution. [...]

Volcanoes that made history

Enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe. [...]

NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to discover as many as 200,000 new planets and reveal details about the elusive nature of dark matter and dark energy. [...]

AI Cites the Same Papers Over and Over Again – Just Like Humans

ChatGPT and other AI writing tools may be quietly turning science into a popularity contest, repeatedly steering researchers toward the same papers while overlooking new and novel works that could act [...]

Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores

"Mummified remains sold online exhibit signs of biodeterioration, yet sellers provide no safety guidance." [...]

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. [...]

Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US

There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction. [...]