The Climate Outlook Is Better Than It Used to Be. That’s Not Good Enough
Clean energy has changed some of the worst climate projections. But new modeling suggests that a world of roughly 3°C warming…
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Your Therapist Could Have an AI Twin. Would You Trust It?
Artificial intelligence is moving beyond generic chatbots and beginning to imitate individual therapists. The technology…
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Teenagers Are Falling Behind in School. The Problem Is Bigger Than Covid.
Test scores have fallen sharply across much of the developed world, but the decline began before the pandemic. The deeper…
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Washington Agrees AI Needs Guardrails. It Still Doesn’t Know Which Ones.
As warnings about artificial intelligence accelerate, Republicans and Democrats are moving toward the same conclusion: doing…
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AI Is Becoming a Political Test for Democrats. Do They Have a Plan?
As artificial intelligence moves from a technology story to a jobs, security, and economic issue, Democrats are being pushed…
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The AI Race Is Getting Faster. The Safety Debate Is Falling Behind.
Researchers inside the artificial intelligence industry are warning that frontier systems may be advancing faster than the…
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Trump’s Wetlands Plan Could Reshape America’s Clean Water Rules
The administration says it wants clearer rules and less regulatory red tape. Environmental groups warn that narrowing federal…
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Scientists May Have Found a Clue to Dark Matter — But Physics Isn’t Ready to Celebrate
A detector buried deep beneath South Dakota recorded a particle interaction that researchers can’t easily explain. It…
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The World May Be About to Change How We Measure Time
The leap second was created to keep human clocks aligned with Earth’s rotation. Now digital infrastructure — and a…
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Earth’s Hidden Guardians: The Microbes We Can’t Afford to Lose
The smallest organisms on Earth may be among the most important — and least understood — parts of the global ecosystem. When…
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China’s Robot Revolution Is Happening on Factory Floors, Not Stages
While humanoid robots attract the headlines, China is quietly building something more consequential: a massive industrial…
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Social Media Is Facing Its Reckoning. Washington Still Has No Plan
The legal pressure on Meta is forcing changes to how social platforms treat young users. But the bigger question is whether…
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