AI Just Outsmarted Humans at Detecting Cosmic Cataclysms—In One Second
Neutron stars don’t just sit quietly in the void. Sometimes, they slam into each other with the force of a billion supernovae, warping spacetime and unleashing both gravitational waves and electromagnetic chaos. In 2017, humanity caught one of these cosmic train...
The End of Pregnancy? Gen Z Backs Artificial Wombs While Critics Fear the Death of Motherhood
The human race might be on the verge of outsourcing pregnancy. No more swollen feet, no morning sickness—just a fetus floating in a high-tech plastic bubble while algorithms ensure optimal conditions. Sci-fi? Not for long. A new survey suggests that nearly half of Gen...
Scientists Hack Cannabis for Pain Relief—Without the High or Addiction
The war on painkillers has a new combatant, and it’s wearing a lab coat. A team of scientists at Washington University and Stanford has engineered a molecule that steals cannabis’ pain-fighting powers without plunging users into a THC-induced haze—or worse,...