Uh-oh, cue up the “ethics” of what rights to accord “conscious AI.” Or at least, that’s something Scientific American magazine chose to focus on, in a recent article covering at least one advanced AI’s declaration that it might be gaining consciousness.
A newly released Wall Street Journal poll found support for Democrats in the U.S. has hit its lowest point as the party suffers through an identity crisis in its effort to counter President Donald Trump, who has seen his approval rating unchanged, despite his own challenges.
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., who calls himself the Hebrew Hammer and has celebrated the ongoing genocide inside Gaza, was given a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee just after urging Israel to “starve away” inside the enclave.
The idea of beaming electric power through the air has been a dream since the days of Nikola Tesla more than a century ago. Now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is taking steps toward making it happen through its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program.
Psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in a family of mushrooms, is the new headliner in mental health treatment.
Wegovy and Ozempic are wildly popular, and hugely expensive, brand names for semaglutide, a compound that melts body weight—but at too high a cost to your body.
U.S. President Donald Trump has somehow managed to keep his approval rating unchanged, despite some issues that could have severely dented his popularity, including his handling of the Jeffery Epstein files, and his inconsistency on tariffs.
Have you noticed how it's getting more challenging to find non-mainstream health info in your search results lately? That's not your imagination—it's a deliberate tactic employed by Google to control the information you see.
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, and French President Emmanuel Macron have both spoken out about the need for their countries to work together to be less reliant on the U.S. for their defense, but their effort to come together on nuclear deterrence has hit a roadblock and has been scaled back, according to a report.
From the vantage point of 21st-century Washington, DC, the French Revolution of 1789 may seem a distant historical event. Yet its lessons remain profoundly relevant.