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California wants to mix hydrogen with gas to cut climate pollution. Critics say that poses risks

Alma Figueroa began to worry when she learned that her gas provider wanted to test a controversial solution to curb global warming: blend hydrogen with natural gas to power her stove and other appliances. Figueroa, who has ...

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Zuckerberg names banker, ex-Trump advisor as Meta president

Meta on Monday appointed banker Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman, tapping a former member of the Trump administration to help steer the technology giant's massive AI infrastructure expansion.

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Supersonic tests defy a 70-year-old rule of metal strength

When engineers want to make a metal stronger, one of the most reliable strategies is to use smaller grains—the microscopic crystal regions within the material. But when deformed at extreme speeds, this rule flips and metals ...

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Humanoid robots or human connection? What Elon Musk's Optimus reveals about our AI ambitions

When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream.

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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

It was cute. But it was still a lie. Gemini invented a news outlet that doesn't exist and named it fake-example.ca (or exemplefictif.ca, in French).

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New technique could facilitate faster nuclear forensics

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have, for the first time, used a breakthrough technique with a goal of better identifying the origin of nuclear materials—a tool that could someday help efforts to prevent the ...

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Can we prevent AI from acting like a sociopath?

Artificial intelligence boosters predict that AI will transform life on Earth for the better. Yet there's a major problem: artificial intelligence's alarming propensity for sociopathic behavior.

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Why apartments are failing the heat stress test

If a heat wave hit Melbourne and the power blacked out, most apartment buildings would bake, with indoor temperatures exceeding international health standards, according to a new analysis that calls for Australia to adopt ...

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Canadian ice master makes Olympic history with the Games' 1st indoor temporary speedskating rink

No ice is colder and harder than speedskating ice. The precision it takes has meant that Olympic speedskaters have never competed for gold on a temporary indoor rink—until the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games.

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Meta urges Australia to change teen social media ban

Tech giant Meta urged Australia on Monday to rethink its world-first social media ban for under-16s, while reporting that it has blocked more than 544,000 accounts under the new law.