A salt battery could make EVs more winterproof—if it holds up on the road
CATL says its sodium-ion pack can keep charging and delivering power far below freezing. The real test is whether those lab numbers survive real winter driving
This musician built an AI clone of her voice so anyone can sing as her
Experimental composer Holly Herndon says this technology isn’t here to replace artists—and that the future of creativity belongs to collective intelligence
U.S.’s and Israel’s war with Iran leaves uranium stockpiles uncertain
The Trump administration’s war with Iran over its nuclear ambitions raises new questions about the country’s uranium stockpile
He built the ultimate test for humanoid robots, and they beat it in months
Roboticist Benjie Holson created the “Humanoid Olympic Games” thinking home robots were 15 years away. Then they started folding the laundry
AI-powered smart goggles are helping novice scientists perform like experts
A new wearable AI system watches your hands through smart glasses, guiding experiments and stopping mistakes before they happen
Katharine Burr Blodgett made a breakthrough when she discovered ‘invisible glass’
When Katharine Burr Blodgett discovered nonreflecting glass, the General Electric Company’s public relations machine made her a star
Squeak! The surprising new physics of why basketball games are so noisy
A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on their sole hold the key
Ancient art could hold clues to the origins of written language
Thousands of markings on objects made around 40,000 years ago may have been more than just doodles, a new analysis suggests
Poetry was humanity’s first language technology. AI is the next
Sasha Stiles turned GPT-2 experiments into a self-writing poem at a Museum of Modern Art installation—and a new way to think about text-generating AI optimization
Italy promised durable Olympic medals. Science had other plans
A small design flaw in the medals for the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina turned a durability promise into a very public stress test
‘An AlphaFold 4’—scientists marvel at DeepMind drug spin-off’s exclusive new AI
Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left guessing how to achieve similar results
How Anthropic’s safety-first ethos collided with the Pentagon
As Anthropic releases its most autonomous agents yet, a mounting clash with the military reveals the impossible choice between global scaling and a “safety first” ethos