2025-08-07

GPT-5 is here and it's free for everyone

A couple of days after announcing its first open-weight models in six years, OpenAI is releasing the long-awaited GPT-5. What's more, you can start using it today, even if you're a free user [...]

2025-08-07

The Aurora Borealis Is Back: These 18 States Have a Chance to See It Over 2 Nights

Prepare to get away from city lights if you want to see the colorful sky show. [...]

2025-08-07

NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations

In the face of budget cuts, NASA has issued a new directive on how it will procure replacements for the International Space Station. [...]

2025-08-07

Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal that could transform space exploration, experts tell WIRED. [...]

2025-08-07

Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results

In an 18-month clinical trial of the experimental GLP-1 pill orforglipron, about 60 percent of people lost at least 10 percent of their body weight. [...]

2025-08-06

Some AI tools don’t understand biology yet

A collection of new studies on gene activity show that AI tools aren't very good. [...]

2025-08-06

Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors

Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health problems and stigma have echoed down the generations. [...]

2025-08-06

Google Cloud’s data agents promise to end the 80% toil problem plaguing enterprise data teams

New AI agents handle pipeline creation, data science workflows and analytics queries autonomously, potentially reshaping how enterprise data professionals spend their time. [...]

2025-08-06

Cockatoos know 30 distinct dance moves

Ten of 21 known cockatoo species exhibit dance behavior, and one bird executed 17 unique moves. [...]