Claude’s new Learning mode will prompt students to answer questions on their own

According to a recent Digital Education Council survey, as many as 86 percent of university students globally use artificial intelligence to assist with their coursework. It’s a staggering statistic [...]

20 natural phenomena so strange they read like science fiction

Raining fish, immortal jellyfish, rivers that run uphill — phenomena that the natural world produces without apparent regard for what should be possible [...]

US Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

In United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors was not unconstitutional—the first case of its kind on which the court has ruled. [...]

Ancient Egyptians likely used opiates regularly

Study identified several trace chemical signatures of opium in ancient Egyptian alabaster vase. [...]

No One Knows Where US Vaccine Policy Goes Next

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping changes to federal vaccine guidance are paused for now. But even if they’re reversed, lasting damage has already been done. [...]

Artemis II crew is like just like us, needs help with Microsoft Outlook issues

The four history-making Artemis II crew members are cooped up with each other in a tiny space for 10 days. And yet the most uncomfortable aspect of the mission might be having to deal with not one, bu [...]

Google DeepMind is sharing its AI forecasts with the National Weather Service

Here's an AI-government collaboration of a less… unsettling variety than some. Google DeepMind is teaming up with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for tropical cyclone season. The AI researc [...]

2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscale quantum tunneling

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip. [...]

E-Bike Fires Are Down, but Riders Still Make One Dangerous Mistake

UL Solutions is a global science safety company that tests and certifies products ranging from electronics and batteries to appliances and electric vehicles. [...]