AI companion toys for neurodivergent children promise connection and therapy, but can they deliver for the long haul?

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The global gold rush for underground stores of hydrogen fuel continues. But researchers are still sorting out how much of the stuff there is.

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A researcher was there to unveil the Human Cell Atlas, an ambitious project that aimed to map every cell in the human body.

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The company is imposing new guardrails on its police tech after reports that officers are abusing it and cities are dropping contracts. But the changes leave glaring loopholes. The police-tech giant ...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch at the end of August, is uniquely well-placed to help us spot any ...

Jeff Dean is leaving to start a new AI company After 27 years at Google, the company’s former chief scientist is launching ...

But cloning has multiple uses, ranging from the cool to the outright creepy. We can’t talk about cloning without mentioning Dolly, the celebrity sheep born in 1996 and the first mammal successfully ...

AI agents can instead model the iterative, highly contingent process of actual research. While tools like AlphaFold apply a ...

Roman Chiporukha is turning from earthbound luxury travel to an exclusive new frontier. Roman Chiporukha has long turned wild travel dreams into reality. Over two decades as co-owner of the luxury ...