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Anthropic CEO calls for ‘pacing the frontier’ of AI race amid safety concerns
9+ hour, 22+ min ago (665+ words) The race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown, Anthropic’s chief executive said in an essay posted early Saturday. “We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models. Progress will still…...
‘Super-Earth’ planet shows signs it could have an atmosphere
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1027+ words) Scientists say they have detected promising signs that a planet orbiting a star 49 light-years from Earth could have an atmosphere, making it potentially suitable for life. Called LHS 1140b, the object is about five times the mass of our planet, or…...
US bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (577+ words) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. The measures are likely to test relations with Beijing ahead of a planned U.S. visit by…...
Pluto flyby mission wakes up after long sleep nearly 6 billion miles from Earth
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (724+ words) A groundbreaking mission that explored Pluto and distant solar system objects in unprecedented detail has awakened from its longest sleep ever — and it’s 5.9 billion miles from Earth. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft went into a planned hibernation mode on August 7, 2025, and…...
What to know about past 'very strong' El Niño weather patterns
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (211+ words) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially declared an El Niño episode for this year. The El Niño is expected to intensify, according to NOAA forecasters. Sea surface temperatures have a 63% chance of exceeding 2 degrees Celsius, which would designate it…...
El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (700+ words) El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming…...
El Niño is coming faster than expected. Chances are rising that it will be historically strong
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (809+ words) El Niño is emerging even faster than expected in the Pacific Ocean, and odds are increasing that it could become historically strong – a rare "Super" El Niño – by fall or winter. This is according to a just-released update from NOAA's…...
The wide-brimmed Sombrero galaxy is revealed in all its splendor by a telescope in Chile
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (123+ words) The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good. Located approximately 30 million light-years away, this spiral galaxy — formally known as Messier 104 — is one of the largest in the constellation Virgo cluster. It's an estimated 50,000 light-years…...
Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change has them burning overtime
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (587+ words) Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study…...
Earth's oldest meteor shower appears this week — Here's how to see it
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (223+ words) The shower has been seen for thousands of years and is named for the constellation Lyra You have a chance to catch the oldest meteor shower this week. The Lyrid meteor shower sparks up the night sky between April 16 and…...