Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) broke down last week after the two parties failed to come to an agreement over the degree to which the military could obtain unrestricted access to Anthropic’s AI.
When…
Public confidence that career scientists at federal health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are providing the public with…
When Vasilis Rodovitis rips open his brown paper bag in a sunny persimmon orchard just outside Naousa, in Greece, I half expect groceries to spill out. Instead, a barely there gray cloud emerges. For half a week, the bag was home to some 4,000…
To misquote a famous song, “Diamonds are industry’s best friend.” Cubic diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth and is used in everything from precision cutting tools to high-performance semiconductors as well as expensive jewelry. But there is a…
Scientists in Antarctica have just inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores. As the climate crisis melts glaciers all around the world, this frozen vault aims to preserve the history of the Earth’s atmosphere for future…
Why do diabetic wounds refuse to heal? A new scientific review highlights how disruptions in the timing and behavior of immune cells may hold the key to understanding this widespread medical challenge. Chronic diabetic ulcers are among the most…
Nothing officially announced the Headphone (a) on March 5, at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona.
The headphones, launched alongside the Phone 4 (a), are the third-ever pair of…
Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the “Goldilocks Zone” around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the temperature is just right for liquid water to pool on a rocky planet’s surface—a good…
For the first time, scientists can watch how plants “breathe,” regulating air and water in real time, pore by pore, as conditions change around them.
A new system developed in Urbana, Illinois, links live leaf imaging with gas measurements –…
The Moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse over New Orleans, home of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, on March 3, 2026. This “blood moon” occurs during a total lunar eclipse, as Earth lines up between the Moon and the Sun. When…
