<p>Mount Rainier is America’s most dangerous volcano. Scientists warn lahars could devastate 150,000 people with little warning. </p>
<p>Virgin Galactic’s 2027 mission will be the first to directly study menstruation in space. Here’s what it will research and why it matters.</p>
<p>Meta’s new AI Mode on Facebook synthesizes answers from public posts, groups, and more, compiling results into one new feature.</p>
<p>AI is already writing most of its own code, and no regulatory framework can keep up with the changes it is implementing all by itself.</p>
What did Apple see? Nothing good. A group of Apple researchers has published a paper claiming that large language models (LLMs), the backbone of some of AI’s most popular products today, like ChatGPT or Llama, can’t genuinely reason, meaning their intelligence claims are highly overstated (or from a cynical perspective, that we are being lied to). Through a...
A bizarre fact has gone absolutely viral this week. And it has the internet feeling confused … A viral Tweet said: “How is it 2023 and nobody’s come up with a satisfying explanation as to why cell phones never show up in our dreams if we’re using them for 12 hours a day?” Well, it...
Most smartphones have tracking and monitoring components, and while these are mostly used appropriately, some bad-intentioned people may abuse them. However, there are some ways to spot the biggest signs of phone tracking and a few ways you can fix your device if you think it’s compromised. Can Someone Track Your Phone? Remote monitoring can...
Be on the lookout before you’re manipulated. “Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.” — Paramahansa Yogananda “If someone treats you bad, just remember that there is something wrong with them, not you. Normal people don’t go around destroying other people.” — Author unknown Gaslighting is a form of persistent manipulation...
Hemimastigotes are more different from all other living things than animals are from fungi. Canadian researchers have discovered a new kind of organism that’s so different from other living things that it doesn’t fit into the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, or any other kingdom used to classify known organisms. Two species of the microscopic...
One hundred years after Congress passed the first daylight saving legislation, more and more people are doubting the wisdom of changing the clocks. In August, the EU Commission proposed ending the biannual practice. Last winter, lawmakers in Florida passed the “Sunshine Protection Act,” which will make daylight saving a year-round reality in the Sunshine State. If approved...
Using cutesy language can do more harm than good. There’s no shortage of serious conversations parents should have with their children. And in the age of the Me Too and Time’s Up movements, one fundamental lesson is the importance of our bodies and bodily autonomy. “Body awareness talks are the earliest conversations parents can have with young children to...
Spain has launched an ambitious plan to switch its electricity system entirely to renewable sources by 2050 and completely decarbonise its economy soon after. By mid-century greenhouse gas emissions would be slashed by 90% from 1990 levels under Spain’s draft climate change and energy transition law. To do this, the country’s social democratic government is committing to...
