Anthropic to Commit 5 Percent Stake to New ‘Public Benefit Fund’
AI lab Anthropic, the developer of Claude, said on Sunday it will commit 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund so it has increased flexibility and scale to make donations for the “public good.”...
View ArticleShould Governments Audit the Science Behind Their Policies? 1 Academic Thinks So
Scientist Peter Ridd has called for the Queensland state government to establish an official audit of scientific evidence used to underpin government policy like climate change initiatives. Ridd had...
View ArticleWeather System Off North Carolina Could Become Nor’Easter or Tropical Storm:...
The National Weather Service and its National Hurricane Center are tracking a storm system sitting off the coast of North Carolina that has the opportunity to become either a proper nor’easter or a...
View ArticleJournal Retracts COVID-19 Vaccine Paper Based on Faked Content
Science Translational Medicine on Oct. 14 announced the retraction of a paper on COVID-19 vaccination after learning the report contained fake data and images. More than four years after publishing...
View ArticleNASA’s Mars Rover Breaks Record for Total Distance Driven Off-World
One of NASA’s Mars rovers, Perseverance, has set a record for driving farther than any other vehicle has on the surface of another planet, as it continues on its mission to find signs of ancient...
View ArticleNew Dementia Cases Projected to More Than Double Globally by 2050
The number of new annual dementia cases worldwide is estimated to increase more than twofold by 2050 from 2023 levels, according to a recently published peer-reviewed study. Published in the JAMA...
View ArticleHurricane Isaias Set to Make Landfall in Florida Panhandle
Hurricane Isaias will make landfall on Florida’s Panhandle around midnight on Oct. 9, and the state’s emergency resources are pre-staged and ready to respond. As of 5 p.m. ET on Oct. 9, the National...
View ArticleDeSantis Holds Briefing on Hurricane Isaias Preparedness
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference on storm preparedness ahead of Hurricane Isaias at 8 a.m. ET on Oct. 9 in Pensacola, Florida. ...
View ArticleNASA SpaceX Crew-12 Returns to Earth After 8 Months in Space
Another manned space mission has safely come to an end. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12—NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut...
View ArticleIsaias Becomes First Atlantic Hurricane of 2026
After 130 days of relative calm, the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season birthed its first hurricane, and it’s headed for the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Isaias officially evolved from a tropical storm late...
View ArticleNASA Releases Artemis II Crew’s Real-Time Commentary From Lunar Flyby
NASA has given the public a never-before-heard account of the Artemis II mission six months after its historic moon flight. In an unprecedented move to share more than 800 gigabytes of lunar science...
View ArticleScientist Who Hunts Mysterious Ghost Particles in the Antarctic Ice Wins...
STOCKHOLM—Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues...
View ArticleAstronauts Returning to Earth After Nearly 8 Months in Space: NASA
Another crew of astronauts is rotating home after a nearly eight-month deployment to the final frontier. NASA SpaceX Crew-12—NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency...
View Article3 Scientists Receive Nobel Prize for Brain Activity Research
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to three scientists. Dr. Karl Deisseroth, an American psychiatrist, and two German biophysicists,...
View ArticleHurricane Nolo Becomes a Typhoon Upon Entering Western Pacific
A hurricane has become a typhoon for the first time in three years amid an intense Pacific storm season. After scraping its way just south of the Hawaiian Islands, Hurricane Nolo regained strength and...
View ArticleNASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Farewell and International Space Station Change of Command
Join NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts and cosmonaut at 10:20 a.m. ET on Oct. 4 as they reflect on their journey aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway,...
View ArticleNASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Arrives at the International Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov arrive at the International Space Station...
View ArticleNASA, SpaceX News Conference After Crew-13 Launch to International Space Station
NASA and SpaceX hold a post-launch news conference following the launch of Crew-13 to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 1. ...
View ArticleNASA, SpaceX Launch Astronauts to International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, burning bright, broke through gray, dreary skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Oct. 1. The launch of the rocket—capped with the reusable Crew Dragon...
View ArticleHurricane Polo Triggers Flood Watch in 10 States
Flood watches and warnings have been triggered across 10 states as Hurricane Polo advances through Mexico towards the U.S. border. The National Hurricane Center tagged Polo’s center in the Mexican...
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