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Why the Green Cheese Turned White

The cheesemakers didn’t mind that their prized product was changing color, but t...

She Studied How Foresting Affects Pollinators

Kim Ballare was a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service until her fede...

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies ...

Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study...

Nobel Prizes 2025: What to Know

The awards are being announced this week.

How to Deal With 30 to 50 Feral Hogs

Once a meme, free-ranging swine have become a real problem — one that has given ...

Cows Wear High-Tech Collars Now

The wearables help dairy farmers gather more data so their animals are happier a...

U.S. v. Google: What Each Side Argued for Fixing Google...

The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have ...

Beyond the Nobel Prizes Is a World of Scientific Awards

Nobels are awarded in only three scientific categories, but other awards honor r...

Can Cory Doctorow’s Book ‘Enshittification’ Change the ...

Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapab...

Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Google Bid to Block Cha...

The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between t...

Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions

In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbot...

OpenAI Agrees to Use Computer Chips From AMD

Weeks after a $100 billion agreement to use computer chips from Nvidia, OpenAI h...

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum M...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis were recognized for work tha...

Tesla Reveals Cheaper Versions of Model Y and Model 3

Elon Musk’s electric car company said the new versions would start at around $37...

Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Try...

In an escalating cat-and-mouse game, job hunters are trying to fool A.I. into mo...

A.I. Companion Ads for Friend.com Flood NYC Subway, Fue...

An ad campaign for a wearable A.I. companion has blanketed New York City, starti...