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U.S. Global Health Strategy Jeopardizes Prevention of Pandemics, Experts Warn
Nov 6, 2026

U.S. Global Health Strategy Jeopardizes Prevention of Pandemics, Experts Warn

The Trump administration has been negotiating agreements with dozens of individual countries. Public health experts say a global agreement would be far more effective.


What Shaped Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Thinking on A.I.
Nov 6, 2026

What Shaped Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Thinking on A.I.

Some call him a doomer. Others see him as a responsible technologist. Here’s how Dario Amodei’s thinking on artificial intelligence was shaped.


Secrets of Britain's underground past laid bare: New book details nation's concealed tunnels, macabre dungeons and smugglers' caves
Nov 6, 2026

Secrets of Britain's underground past laid bare: New book details nation's concealed tunnels, macabre dungeons and smugglers' caves

A massacre cave on a Scottish island, a secret smugglers passageway in a pub in Rye and 13 ghosts in a Lancashire hall, Britain has plenty of lesser known sinister stories to discover.


AI learns from the products of thinking, not thought itself. That's a problem for machines—and for us
Nov 6, 2026

AI learns from the products of thinking, not thought itself. That's a problem for machines—and for us

When you walk through a gallery, admiring the paintings on the walls, what you are seeing are finished products. They are the result of countless hours of learning and practice and trial and error, but none of that is on display.


NASA unveils experimental X-70 Fractal airplane - as it hails a 'new beginning for aeronautics'
Nov 6, 2026

NASA unveils experimental X-70 Fractal airplane - as it hails a 'new beginning for aeronautics'

NASA has unveiled a new experimental airplane, dubbed the 'X-70 Fractal'. The space agency has kept details on the aircraft sparse, but says it hails a 'new beginning for aeronautics'.


Nov 6, 2026

Pentagon offers battery startup 6K $250M loan to build US factory

The Pentagon has conditionally approved a $250 million loan to help 6K scale up its microwave-plasma battery material manufacturing process.


How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods
Nov 6, 2026

How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods

Rising global temperatures mean extreme weather events are becoming more common and more intense.


A really simple guide to climate change
Nov 6, 2026

A really simple guide to climate change

Human activities are causing the world to heat up, posing serious threats to people and nature.


Harnessing atomic structure to advance next-generation memory storage
Nov 6, 2026

Harnessing atomic structure to advance next-generation memory storage

The growth of artificial intelligence has increased demand for more efficient data storage. Instead of adding bulk to satiate this appetite, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are working to increase memory capacity by manipulating materials' characteristics at the atomic level.


Q&A: How is American manufacturing evolving with AI and robotics?
Nov 6, 2026

Q&A: How is American manufacturing evolving with AI and robotics?

Since the beginning of the year, the U.S. manufacturing industry has received trillions of dollars of investment from private companies, the federal government and foreign donors, with the manufacturing sector alone accounting for over 50% of private-sector research and development in the U.S.


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