13+ hour, 55+ min ago  (853+ words) Abby Vesoulis May+June 2026 Issue Mathematician Tsvi Benson-Tilsen once worked at the Peter Thiel'funded Machine Intelligence Research Institute, where he was one of many experts tasked with figuring out how to ensure AI doesn't eventually destroy humankind. After seven years,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1111+ words) Polar bear researcher Magnus Andersen, one of the study's coauthors, stands in front of a female bear and her cubs in Svalbard. Jon Aars/Norwegian Polar Institute Polar bears became the poster child for the peril of climate change for…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1282+ words) Open AI became the world's most valuable private company last week after a stock deal pushed the value of the artificial intelligence developer to $500 billion. The company and its remarkable chatbot Chat GPT have single-handedly accelerated AI's boom and threatened…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (466+ words) Two construction workers guide a cross-laminated timber floor panel into position for a new office building in San Francisco, CA. Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Picture yourself in a windswept forest. Leaves are rustling and trunks are creaking as…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1775+ words) A worker stands in a deep pit kiln where limestone is cured using plastics as the fuel source. Tamansari, Indonesia. Beth Gardiner This article was originally published as part of the Undark'series "What I Left Out." In this installment, journalist…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (486+ words) Camelina sativa is grown for a number of purposes, and soon, perhaps, as a way to extract nickel from the earth. Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock This story was originally published by'bio Graphic and is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration....

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1090+ words) A sperm whale and her calf swim together in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Dominica. ullstein bild/Getty We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales'enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last shared a common ancestor with…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (962+ words) Extreme heat is already creating "nonsurvivable" conditions for humans in heatwaves that have killed thousands and likely many more, according to new research that warns people are more susceptible to rising temperatures than first thought. Scientists re-examined six extreme heatwaves…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (892+ words) Climate change is creating tougher growing seasons for Christmas trees. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty via Inside Climate News This story was originally published by'Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration. As snowflakes fall lazily from…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (386+ words) Independent journalism needs you now. Today is the final day of our Spring Membership Drive, and we're still short of our goal. Donations from readers like you power our newsroom to cover the kind of stories that otherwise get missed…...