September 2025

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

Buy-now-pay-later platform Klarna went public on the US stock market last week, sending its stock surging to well above its

Despite strong evidence that salt substitutes can safely lower sodium intake and reduce high blood pressure, very few Americans use

ManticAI ranked eighth in the Metaculus Cup, leaving some believing bots’ prediction skills could soon overtake experts An artificial intelligence

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Some time soon, perhaps next year, SpaceX will attempt to fly one of its enormous Starship rockets from low-Earth orbit

Egg-eating worms living on Chesapeake Bay blue crabs may hold the key to smarter fishery management. Once thought to be

From the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, archaeologists have uncovered a rare glimpse into the naval power of

The situation with the fiscal year 2026 budget for the United States is, to put it politely, kind of a

A two-day federal vaccine advisory meeting crammed with chaos, confusion, inept debate, bizarre comments, and a hot mic catching someone