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AI

Microsoft is betting ChatGPT will make Bing useful

Microsoft's $10 billion investment in OpenAI is already resulting in ChatGPT integration for Bing and Edge, with potentially major consequences.

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AI

This fictitious news show is entirely produced by AI and deepfakes

'Wolf News' videos feature grammatical errors and weird AI-generated anchors.

Two dialysis machine set-ups in a medical center.
Diseases

Dialysis is riskier for Black and Latino patients, CDC says

Staph infections dropped 40 percent across the US between 2014 and 2019—but there is still a long way to go.

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AI

Google’s own upcoming AI chatbot draws from the power of its search engine

Bard, as the bot is called, will be available to the public in the coming weeks.

An uncooked brown crab sitting among among seaweed and water.
Evolution

Neanderthals caught and cooked crabs 90,000 years ago

Seafood was certainly on the menu for the Neanderthals of modern-day Portugal.

Woman in a purple dress cleaning and organizing household items into buckets with gold tokens and stars. Illustrated.
Psychology

Could letting go of perfection be the ultimate cleaning hack?

A therapist with ADHD and a dedicated TikTok following shares her ‘five things’ method of keeping up with chores.

A PS5 on a wooden desk with a DualSense controller, a keyboard, and a mouse nearby.
Tech Hacks

Improve your PS5 experience with a keyboard and mouse

Changing your input options can make some on-screen tasks simpler.

The ISS as imaged by astronauts in the Soyuz capsule.
International Space Station

The ISS is the best place for an astronaut to get stuck in space

Multiple modules make the orbital research center a safe haven beyond Earth.

A new ‘science’ textbook wants to make students believe climate change doesn’t exist
Climate Change

A new ‘science’ textbook wants to make students believe climate change doesn’t exist

‘The 1990s called. They want their scientific misinformation back.’

Human population on Mars depicted in a SpaceX Mars colony rendition.
Mars

Would Earth laws apply to Mars colonists?

As soon as the human population on Mars starts growing, the politics get sticky.

Spy balloons have been surveilling humans since 1794
Air Force

Spy balloons have been surveilling humans since 1794

The US employed an F-22 to shoot down the balloon on February 4. But these intelligence-gathering devices have a long history.

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Technology

Hydrogen is supplementing natural gas, but critics remain wary

A Minnesota energy provider is successfully injecting hydrogen into natural gas lines, but scalability remains a major concern.

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Drones

This amphibious robot can fly like a bird and swim like a fish

A new drone is just as comfortable soaring through the air as it is taking a swim.

Jupiter and its four planet-size moons, called the Galilean satellites, were first photographed in early March 1979 by Voyager 1 and assembled into this collage. They are not to scale but are in their relative positions.
Moons

Astronomers find 12 more moons orbiting Jupiter

Jupiter’s count of 92 knocks Saturn out of first place for most moons in the solar system.

Super Bowl-qualifying Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts throws a perfect football spiral
Physics

Throwing the perfect football spiral is a feat in science

Football players don’t break the laws of physics—they take advantage of them. And you can too.

These are our picks for the best external hard drives on Amazon.
Peripherals

The best external hard drives

Backing up your data should be an essential part of your life. These drives will help.

A do not disturb sign on a wooden door. It's the analog way to ensure you have notifications silenced.
Tech Hacks

How to get your iPhone to stop telling people you’ve silenced notifications

This iOS feature is on by default, but you can turn it off.

A wolf-like puppy surrounded by other puppies tries howling.
Dogs

Do domesticated dogs howl back at wolves?

For dogs with close genetic history to wolves, shouting back is second nature.

This aerial view shows residents helped by bulldozers, searching for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings, following an earthquake in the town of Sarmada in the countryside of the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, early on February 6, 2023.
Science

Rescue underway after deadly earthquake hits Turkey and Syria

Over 35,000 people are dead after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, with the death toll expected to rise.

The last thread of hope to revive California’s trees is vanishing
Land

The last thread of hope to revive California’s trees is vanishing

That could doom the state’s plan to fight climate change with the help of nature.