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Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part of a strategy to keep deadly pathogens from spreading through the colony.
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The swift policy and political repercussions the video helped propel illustrate the symbiotic relationship between online content creators and the Trump administration's policy goals.
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There have been calls for regulation and even prosecution in France and India, after users flooded the site with requests like "hey @grok put her in a bikini."
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The Motorola StarTAC was the world's first flip phone.
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People with hearing loss now have more options to navigate the world around them. Captioning glasses, equipped with microphones, caption human speech and display it on the lenses.
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America's AI boom requires a lot of power. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Jennifer Hiller about the workers who are building the electric grid one transformer at a time.
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Research overwhelmingly shows that connections we make through computers are not the same as those that happen offline.
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Misinformation after disasters is growing in part because AI-powered software makes it easier to create and spread lies on social media.
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The final episode of fifth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things is out this week, and the concept of a wormhole figures largely into it. While the show is a work of fiction, theoretical wormholes have making appearances for decades not only in science fiction but in actual science.
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A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.
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From the advent of AI actress Tilly Norwood to major music labels making deals with AI companies, 2025 has been a watershed year for AI and culture.
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Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's little chance of that changing anytime soon. More chips for AI means fewer available for other products such as computers and phones. That could drive up those prices too.