Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history
Work continues on the new QTS data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, on April 17, 2026. Today’s data center buildout…
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As AI takes on more tasks, what happens when people have to jump in to clean up after it?
If AI systems have been humming along nicely for weeks or months at a stretch, will the human overseeing them…
People Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA’s Push for Medical Freedom.
After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose, Dylan Meetze felt horrible. “It was like I…
Fears About Kids’ Online Safety Unite Democrats and Republicans
The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker…
Missouri pushes nuclear power to reduce reliance on out-of-state electricity
Ameren Missouri operates the state’s only commercial nuclear power plant in Callaway County. The utility aims to add additional nuclear…
Data center backlash set to sway midterm elections
An aerial view shows a data center situated near single-family homes in Northern Virginia. The backlash against data centers has…
Gen Z politicians who want to make a change grapple with parties that aren’t always ready for them
Kansas state Rep. Angel Roeser chats with fellow House Republicans on April 10, 2025. Roeser, 25, decided not to run…
‘We Are Seen as Disposable’: Rural Residents Fight a Proposed Gas Pipeline
CHATHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Despite being in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states, this rural county of roughly 85,000 people…
AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room
A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and…
Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why
Humans haven't always counted time down to the second. mrs/Moment via Getty Images You’re probably used to the month of…
‘Make this face look gay’: AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical ‘gay,’ ‘straight’ or ‘criminal’ features
AI biases can crop up even with guardrails in place to try to block them. Patpitchaya/iStock via Getty Images Ask…
Medical Debt Is Crushing Hospital Patients in Los Angeles. Health Officials May Have a Fix.
LOS ANGELES — Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in Los Angeles’ San Fernando…
AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why
How do large language models work? In some ways, like a brain. MF3d/E+ via Getty Images When people think about…
As Trump pushes to deregulate AI, Missouri must weigh innovation, risks and cost
Interior of a modern data center (Getty Images). For most people, the AI debate began with tools such as ChatGPT…
Florida’s limited ban on Flock cameras only scratches the surface of widespread surveillance concerns
Flock cameras have popped up all over Florida, particularly in metro areas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Automated license plate readers like…
Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain
Optogenetics is illuminating the inner workings of the brain. akinbostanci/iStock via Getty Images Plus The brain is unbelievably complicated, which…