Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics. [...]

'Maybe it’s not science fiction': Solar panels are causing rainwater to fall in one of the driest places on Earth

Model research suggests large solar farms in deserts may generate rainfall through heat-driven updrafts, potentially providing water for arid regions. [...]

Google’s Gemini can now run on a single air-gapped server — and vanish when you pull the plug

Cirrascale Cloud Services today announced it has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to deliver the Gemini model on-premises through Google Distributed Cloud, making it the first neocloud provi [...]

How AI inhibits our curiosity, and what to do to regain it, according to science

When answers are instantly available, prepackaged, and delivered with confidence, the motivation to explore diminishes. [...]

ArXiv will ban researchers for a year if they submit papers they did not bother to read

  ArXiv, the open-access repository that has served as the primary distribution channel for preprint research in computer science, mathematics, and physics for more than three decades, will ban autho [...]

A 10-year sky survey begins filming a 'cosmic movie,' cyborg cockroaches go for a dive and more science stories

This week's science news. [...]

'They're building each other': new X1 Neo robot video shows the humanoids assisting in the robot production process, just as all science fiction foretold

1X releases new Neo Home Robot production video that puts the robots to work — building themselves. [...]

Unlocking science: building AI researchers can trust

Over half of researchers now say they use AI tools in their work, but only two in ten believe generic AI tools are trustworthy. [...]

The Next Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Will Take More Than Just Science

At WIRED Health, pioneering Alzheimer's researcher John Hardy outlined the stakes—and next steps—of where treatment is headed next. [...]