Contributor: The internet made us stupid. AI promises to make it worse
Floating along on my bicycle on a daydream of a country road, up behind me came a man…
Experts call for cutting water use along Colorado River
The Colorado River’s massive reservoirs are now so depleted that another dry year could send them plunging to…
NFL, UFC athletes use ibogaine psychedelic to treat brain injury
As awareness grows around the dangers of head trauma in sports, a small number of professional fighters and…
Drying and water depletion bring deepening crisis around the world
For more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets,…
How many giraffe species are in Africa? New scientific analysis quadruples the count
Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out…
Reading for pleasure drops 40% over last two decades, study says
Put down the book, pick up the phone. So it goes in the United States, where daily reading…
Salton Sea less to blame for Coachella, Imperial air pollution
For years, millions of dollars have poured into controlling dust that wafts off the exposed lake shoreline of…
The AI Spending Boom Is Boosting US GDP
The AI capex spending race is so massive that it’s lifting up the entire US economy. Researchers at…
Trump administration must restore hundreds of UCLA research grants, federal judge rules
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of suspended UCLA science research grants,…
How UCLA’s research faculty is grappling with Trump funding freeze
Their medical research focuses on potentially lifesaving breakthroughs in cancer treatment, and developing tools to more easily diagnose…
Anthropic’s AI ‘Vaccine’: Train It With Evil to Make It Good
To make AI models behave better, Anthropic’s researchers injected them with a dose of evil. Anthropic said in…
Chickpea Recipes to Lower Cholesterol: Science-Backed Advice
Turns out, not all beans are created equal. While black beans seem to be great at fighting low-grade…