Sasha Stiles turned GPT-2 experiments into a self-writing poem at a Museum of Modern Art installation—and a new way to think about text-generating AI optimization ...

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Federal freezes to foreign assistance are affecting grants for investigative reporters everywhere—but especially in poorer countries ...

A small design flaw in the medals for the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina turned a durability promise into a very public stress test ...

Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left ...

As Anthropic releases its most autonomous agents yet, a mounting clash with the military reveals the impossible choice ...

Just days ago the moon traveled directly between Earth and the sun in what was the first solar eclipse of the year, producing ...

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The FDA is reportedly considering broadening the types of drugs that can be sold without a prescription, a move some pharmacy ...

On Thursday the U.S. president ordered the release of federal files related to UFOs and aliens, although no evidence of extraterrestrials visiting Earth is known to exist ...

Mercury pollution from coal plants has been tied to serious neurological problems, especially in children and babies ...

Ben Deighton is a freelance writer in London and president of the World Federation of Science Journalists. Subscribe to ...