If someone orders shapewear from Spanx LLC’s website today, a humanoid robot handles that package. At a GXO Logistics Inc. distribution center in Georgia, Agility Robotics Inc.’s bipedal machines move merchandise with mechanical precision. And at BMW Group’s Spartanburg plant, Figure 02 robots achie…

Tech conferences are a vital way for CIOs and IT leaders to keep abreast of trends and make real-life connections in a fast-changing business climate.

From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating genetic elements that face selective pressures from ...

With human peer review struggling to keep pace with machine-generated science, aiXiv enlists bots to help

Muniz, Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, and more reunite for the first time in nearly 20 years in the first look at the upcoming four-part series

Commentary by David Michel, Will Todman, and Jennifer Jun; Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Published November 25, 2025 The Iranian president has warned that Iran has “no choice” but to move the location of the capital due to the water crisis. Tehran is experiencing an unprecedent…

Some of the elements used by living systems are far more abundant in Cassiopeia A than we thought, hinting that some parts of our galaxy might be more suitable for life than others

The actress and singer was a symbol of sexual revolution. She later became an animal welfare campaigner and incendiary right-wing commenter.

The 5th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Exploration Community Event hosted by the Coastal Virginia STEM Hub and the NASA eClips Education Team from the National Institute of Aerospace Center for Integrative STEM Education (NIA-CISE) lit up the Professional Workforce Dev…

President Trump said during a recent radio interview that the U.S. “knocked out” a “big” facility in Venezuela, as the administration continues to turn up the pressure against President Nicolas Maduro. Asked about Venezuela during a Friday appearance on the "Cats and Cosby" show on New York's WABC r…

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On 26–27 November, the ESA Ministerial Council will take place in Bremen, Germany. Key decisions will be made about the future activities of the European Space Agency within the frame of ESA’s Strategy 2040. Toni Tolker-Nielsen outlines how these decisions will shape the futu…

Insurance company Aflac Inc. has disclosed that a cyberattack that targeted the company in June resulted in the theft of records relating to 22.65 million individuals, making it one of the largest data breaches reported this year in the U.S. insurance sector. The company first detected unauthorized …

Electricity rates are set to skyrocket, fueled by the Trump administration’s war on cheaper clean energy and push for expensive fossil fuels.
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Here's what to know about proposals for enormous new data centers, and what Earthjustice is doing to control their pollution, climate impacts, and your energy bill.
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Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, summed it up in three words: “This is embarrassing.”   Hassabis was replying on X to an overexcited post by Sébastien Bubeck, a research scientist at the rival firm OpenAI, announcing that two mathematicians had used OpenAI’s latest large language model, GPT-5…

Louis Gerstner, the former chief executive officer credited with saving IBM Corp. from bankruptcy, has died aged 83, the company revealed today. Gerstner (pictured) served as chairman and CEO of IBM from 1993 to 2002, taking over during one of the darkest periods in the company’s history, when it wa…

Scientists have uncovered new details explaining why iron oxide minerals are such effective long-term carbon traps in soils. Scientists have known for years that iron oxide minerals play a major role in storing carbon by keeping it out of the atmosphere. A new study from Northwestern University now …

The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky aboard, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the blue dwarf galaxy Markarian 178 (Mrk 178) against a backdrop of distant galaxies in all shapes and sizes. Some of these distant galaxies even shine through the diffuse edges of Mrk 178.

A modeling analysis suggests that legacy PFAS in marine fish have declined on a global scale

The family holiday in the park area turned tragic for Valencia CF Women's B coach Fernando Martín, 44, when the boat carrying him, his family, four crew members and a local guide sank.

New court filings from the Justice Department reveal more details about what Brian Cole, the man accused of placing two pipe bombs around Washington, D.C., on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021, allegedly told investigators. Scott MacFarlane has the latest.

French actress Brigitte Bardot died at age 91, her foundation said on Sunday. Here's a look back at the film icon and animal rights activist's career.

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore. The post How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Remember when David Bowie and Tina Turner came together to sell Pepsi, or when Genesis and Eric Clapton helped turn an ordinary evening into a “Michelob Night?”

Skills, not degrees, will define IT hiring in 2026. CIOs are shifting from degree-based hiring to skills-based strategies, using AI and microcredentials to retain top IT talent.

A new computational breakthrough is giving scientists a clearer view into how dark matter structures evolve. Dark matter has remained one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology for almost a hundred years, shaping the universe while remaining invisible and poorly understood. A new study from researche…

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.

Over a month after announcing a massive data breach affecting 34 million of its users, South Korean e-commerce company Coupang announced this Monday it would offer 1.69 trillion won in compensation (around €1 billion) to customers in the form of vouchers. Also in this edition, former EU digital chie…

Restoration Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 8, November 2025.

Changpeng Zhao, a co-founder of Binance, which owns the utility, said the losses will be reimbursed.

A sharp jump in tokenized silver trading suggests investors are getting exposure to the metal onchain.

Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These regions, especially near the Philippines and the Caribbean, are expanding as climate change warms ocean waters far below the surface. As a result, storms powerful enough to ex…

Children regularly exposed to temperatures over 30°C (86°F) have lower scores on literacy and numeracy tests at age 3 to 4, according to UNICEF data from six countries

Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.
The post Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers and Operation Southern Spear appeared first on Just Security.

International law, the new Syrian government, and U.S. military strikes against ISIS
The post Operation Hawkeye Strike: Attacking ISIS in Syria and International Law appeared first on Just Security.

One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss out whether or not they could potentially support life. But, in order to do that, scientists have to know where to look, and the exoplanet has to actually have an atmosphere. …

New research shows that 2008's Great Recession caused people in the US to identify with a lower class, and this was a long-lasting effect.

Researchers have created an algae-based gel in the lab as a platform for studying mammary epithelial cells, which can turn into cancer cells.

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party claimed an overwhelming victory in the first phase of the elections after democracy watchdogs warned the junta-run poll would entrench military rule. The election win will be a way for the ruling junta, in power after a military coup in 2021 against the elected …

Rain lashed the Gaza Strip, flooding makeshift encampments with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by the two-year war attempted to stay dry in tents frayed by months of use. The flooding came as Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Florida to discuss the second phase of t…

Ready for another amazing year of skywatching? 2025 was a wild year, with a steady parade of comets knocking on naked eye visibility, and one extra special interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS.

The sky just keeps on turning into 2026. Watch for mutual eclipse season for the major moons of Jupiter, as the…

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party is "winning a majority" in the first phase of junta-run elections, a party source said on Monday, after democracy watchdogs warned the poll would entrench military rule. The vote has been widely condemned for its stark crackdown on dissent and a candidate list s…

Scientist and photographer Felice Frankel has zoomed in on everyday occurrences with her camera for her new book, Phenomenal Moments, which reveals the hidden science in our daily lives

Trump’s order against the practice is a crucial step in restoring the purpose of higher education.

Human life is intimately connected with the rest of nature.

The man accused of planting two pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot gave a "detailed confession" after he was arrested, prosecutors said Sunday. After initially denying involvement, Brian Cole Jr. told investigators…

Under President Trump's leadership, the Department of Veterans Affairs has made significant improvements in customer service, reduced the backlog of veterans waiting for benefits, and expanded access to health care, while also eliminating wasteful spending and prioritizing the needs of veterans.

Buc-ee the Beaver may soon make an appearance along an interstate near you.

President Trump has been using his position to promote his own business ventures, such as watches, gold cards, and crypto investments, while also blurring the lines between his roles as a businessman and president, leading to questions about his ethics and potential conflicts of interest.

Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The New York Times in an interview released this week that she “never liked” the “sexualization” of women she said goes on at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. “I never liked the MAGA Mar-a-Lago sexualization,” Greene said. “I believe how women i…

Newspapers and other media outlets will have to decide whether to comply or refuse to fall in line.

President Trump is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon as leaders look to advance the second phase of the U.S.-brokered peace plan between Israel and Hamas. Trump will host Netanyahu at his residence at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, whe…

The Chinese military began air, navy and missile drills around Taiwan on Monday, less than two weeks after the U.S. greenlighted more than $10 billion in arms sales to the island.  Senior Col. Shi Yi, spokesperson of China’s People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command, said the drills will ta…

The energy that radiated from the center of Reiner’s being touched many lives.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's (D) office defended its efforts to crack down on fraud after a viral investigative video made headlines over a day care facility that appeared largely inactive despite receiving significant state funding. "The governor has worked for years to crack down on fraud and ask the…

State leaders, with the help of federal lawmakers, can fix the perverse disincentives in the social welfare system that trap families in poverty by disincentivizing work and marriage, and instead encourage independence and hope.

What else in Washington can be renamed for Trump, or what else might Trump rename?

The NASA Science Activation program’s PLANETS (Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology, and Science) project, led by Northern Arizona University (NAU), is pleased to announce the official launch of three free out-of-school (OST) time units that give all learners in grad…

This article is for students grades 5-8. What is AI? Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a type of technology that helps machines and computers have “thinking” abilities similar to humans. Devices using AI can learn words and concepts, recognize objects, see patterns, or make predictions. They can al…

The NASA Science Activation project Eclipse Soundscapes (ES), led by ARISA Lab in Medford, Massachusetts, helps learners of all ages explore NASA science through multisensory learning and participatory science opportunities. In the weeks surrounding the 2023 annular solar eclipse and the 2024 total …

NASA Science encourages all people to actively participate in science through activities and resources developed by a collaborative network of project teams drawing on NASA SMD assets (science content, experts, data, etc.). Your team can apply to be part of this program. Opportunity NASA SMD seeks a…

A group of elementary-aged students gather outside of Oldham County Public Library in La Grange, Kentucky, United States to look at clouds in the sky. “If anyone asks what you are doing, tell them, ‘I am a citizen scientist and I am helping NASA,’” Children’s Programming Librarian, Cheri Grinnell, t…

This article shows educators how comets help us learn about the Sun and Space Weather. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain solar wind and space science concepts in simple, engaging ways for students.

NASA Space Apps announced Thursday 10 winners of the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge. During this two-day hackathon, participants gathered at 551 local events across 167 countries and territories to showcase their STEM skills and proposed ways to transform NASA’s open data into actionable tools. More…

NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is a multi-phase innovation competition designed to empower university and college students to develop next-generation solutions that benefit life on Ear…

GENEVA, Nov 27 – More than six hundred experts appointed to the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will gather in Paris from 1 to 5 December 2025 to begin the drafting of the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). Hosted by the French Government, through th…

27 October 2025, Lima, Peru. Check against delivery Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Hugo de Zela, Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources at the Ministry of Environment, Ms Raquel Hilianova Soto Torres, Director of Climate Change Division of the UN Envi…

10 November 2025, video address CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Your Excellencies, distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the invitation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the IPCC – to address the opening of COP 30. As the Chair of the UN body ma…

LIMA, Oct 30 – The member governments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agreed on the scientific content of the 2027 Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage at the Panel’s 63rd Plenary session, which closed this evening …

GENEVA, December 5 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened this week registration for experts to serve as Expert Reviewers on the First-Order Draft (FOD) of the 2027 Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers. This Methodology Report, produced by the Task…

10 November 2025, video address CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Your Excellencies, distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends, ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the IPCC – I would like to thank you for the invitation to address the opening of the Earth In…

GENEVA, Nov 19 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is calling for nominations of the authors for the 2027 Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage. Carbon Dioxide Removal refers to anthropogenic activities that remove CO2 f…

1 December 2025 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Madame la Ministre, Monsieur le Maire, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for your warm welcome and for your support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. As Chair of this UN body mandated with assessing climate science, I am …

Paris, Dec 1 – More than six hundred experts appointed to the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are gathering in Paris this week to commence work on the first draft of IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). This is the first time in IPCC’s history that the…

LIMA, PERU, Oct 27 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today opened its 63rd Plenary Session in Lima, Peru, bringing together some 300 delegates from IPCC member governments and observer organizations to advance its work in the seventh assessment cycle. Over the four-day session, …

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The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET (18:02 local time) on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.The Sentinel-1 mission delivers high-resolution radar i…

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The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:03 CET (18:03 local time) on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.The Sentinel-1 mission delivers high-resolution radar i…

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The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:03 CET (18:03 local time) on board an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The Sentinel-1 mission delivers high-resolution radar im…

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TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. has revealed plans to jack up its already heavy spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure next year as it races to catch up with U.S. technology giants, according to a report in the Financial Times. Tuesday’s report, which cites two people familiar wit…

China’s internet regulator issued new draft rules on Saturday that aim to regulate the use of artificial intelligence “companions,” which are defined as systems that interact with humans and display “human-like traits and behavior.” The new rules, called “Interim Measures for the Administration of A…

The search engine optimization discipline that has guided web marketing efforts for more than two decades is now being disrupted by generative artificial intelligence systems that deliver direct answers rather than lists of links. The good news is that much of what makes content rank highly on searc…

ServiceNow Inc. today announced plans to acquire Armis Inc., a startup with a cybersecurity platform optimized to protect connected devices. The all-cash transaction is worth $7.75 billion. That’s a more than $1.5 billion premium to the valuation Armis received after its most recent funding round in…

Chinese artificial intelligence startup MiniMax today announced the release of M2.1, a significantly enhanced performance for real-world complex tasks and agentic capabilities across more programming languages and office scenarios. The key highlights of M2.1 include dramatically enhanced programming…

Eurostar International Ltd., the operator of the Eurostar trains that cross the English Channel, has been accused of mishandling the responsible disclosure of security flaws in its customer-facing artificial intelligence chatbot after security researchers were allegedly told their actions could be v…

Snowflake Inc. is reportedly in talks to acquire Observe Inc., a startup with a cloud-based observability platform of the same name. The Information on Tuesday cited sources as saying that the acquisition will be worth about $1 billion if it materializes. That would make the deal Snowflake’s largest…

France’s national postal service,  La Poste and its banking arm, La Banque Postale, were knocked offline on Monday in a distributed denial-of-service attack that disrupted services at the height of the Christmas season. The attack rendered La Poste’s online services, including its website, mobile ap…

Artificial intelligence industry darling OpenAI Group PBC is reportedly mulling the idea of embedding advertisements into ChatGPT’s responses amid pressure from investors to start making money from the chatbot. A report in The Information today suggests that OpenAI is already exploring possible ad f…

Artificial intelligence chip startup Groq Inc. today announced that Nvidia Corp. will license its technology on a nonexclusive basis. The deal will also see the graphics card maker hire several key Groq employees. They include founding Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Ross and president Sunny Madra.…

Autonomous car company Waymo LLC is updating its fleet of robotaxis following a massive power outage in San Francisco that brought its vehicles to a standstill at intersections across the city. The company says the update will ensure Waymo’s self-driving cars are better able to recognize and respond…

Dazzle AI Inc., a startup founded by former Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, today announced that it has raised $8 million in funding. Prominent venture capitalist Kirsten Green led the investment. She was joined by Mayer, Kleiner Perkins, Greycroft, Offline Ventures, Slow Ventures, Bling C…

HCLSoftware Inc. plans to acquire Jaspersoft Inc., a provider of business intelligence software, in an all-cash deal reportedly valued at $240 million. The company announced the transaction on Monday. In conjunction, HCLSoftware disclosed that it’s buying Wobby, an early-stage startup with an artifi…

A new report out today from artificial intelligence security startup Cyata Security Ltd. details a recently uncovered critical vulnerability on langchain-core, the foundational library behind LangChain-based agents used widely in artificial intelligence production environments. The vulnerability, tr…

Beijing-based startup DP Technology Co. Ltd. today outlined a plan to use its artificial intelligence tools to accelerate scientific research in everything from battery design to drug development after raising 800 million yuan ($114 million) in funding. The Series C round was led by Fortune Venture …