The company offered hackers $15,000 to crack the system. No one claimed the prize, despite people spending 3,000 hours trying ...

Champions aren't forever. Last week, DeepSeek AI sent shivers down the spines of investors and tech companies alike with its high-flying performance on the cheap. Now, two computer chip startups are ...

The energy factories in our cells contain their own genes, and genetic mutations in them can cause deadly inherited diseases. These oblong-shaped organelles, or mitochondria, translate genes into ...

At first glance, the seven mice skittering around their cages look like other mice. But they have an unusual lineage: They were born with DNA from two dads. The mice join an elite group of critters ...

We’re not Barbie girls, but we live in a plastic world. Microplastics, tiny specks of broken-down plastic, are all around us. They hover in the air, float in our water, and are sprinkled in the food ...

Autonomous drones could revolutionize a wide range of industries. Now, scientists have designed a drone that can weave through dense forests, dodge thin power lines in dim lighting, and even track a ...

OpenAI in Talks to for New Funding at Up to $300 Billion Value Shirin Ghaffary, Rachel Metz, and Kate Clark | Bloomberg "The ChatGPT maker is in discussions to raise funds at a pre-money valuation of ...

Jeff Bezos’s rocket company Blue Origin hopes to become a major rival to SpaceX in the private space industry. But those ambitions are on hold after the company postponed the test launch of its new ...

Bring up germline editing, and most scientists cringe. The idea behind the notorious CRISPR-baby scandal, editing reproductive cells or embryos tinkers with DNA far beyond just the patient—any changes ...

There's a solid consensus among scientists on the question, according to a new survey. It’s easy to see why. Headlines such as “We’re probably not close” or “Nobody knows” aren’t very clickable. But ...

If you’re not familiar with the concept of “world models” just yet, a storm of activity at the start of 2025 gives every indication it may soon become a well-known term. What large language models are ...

The potential of using artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development has sparked both excitement and skepticism among scientists, investors, and the general public. Researchers have ...