(Image credit: DKosig via Getty Images) The conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) is in danger of spiraling out of control as claims about the new technology enter the realm of the absurd. AI is a lucrative business, say the authors…
(Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images) The recent experimental campaign at the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald, Germany, has set new records in the field of nuclear fusion and set…
Mars' “tilt streaks” revealed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 20
The Earth's energy imbalance is increasing due to greenhouse gas emissions, although other factors also play a role. (Image credit: NASA/CERES) The Earth's energy imbalance is growing faster than scientists thought, and they can't figure out why. Compounding the problem,…
Wild cockatoos in Sydney, Australia, have mastered the method of drinking from twist-handle fountains by turning the handle with their feet and using their weight to hold it open. They even queue up to quench their thirst while waiting at…
Mount Etna has erupted, sending up a massive plume of ash that towers over Catania, Sicily. (Photo credit: Giuseppe Distefano/AFP via Getty Images) Mount Etna erupted Monday (June 2), sending a torrent of molten material down the volcano's slope and…