Five member countries are already experimenting with the solution this year, but they don’t all seem to be on the same page. It was pointed out at the press conference that France and Denmark are far ahead, while Greece, Spain,…
Boring old iodised table salt should make a comeback Tatjana Baibakova/Alamy When I was at uni, I had a biology lecturer who was obsessed with iodine, and whose life’s work had been tackling global dietary deficiencies. He urged us to…
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Is consciousness simply created by the brain, or could it be a deeper feature of reality itself? That question is at the center of a presentation by Christof Koch, a leading figure in modern neuroscience, at the 15th “Behind and…
Disney has inked a deal with the Korea Esports Association that will bring several gaming tournaments to the its streaming platform. Disney+ will be the global live streaming home for Esports Champions Asia Jinju 2026, the 2026 League of Legends…
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would’ve required residents to verify their age before accessing porn sites, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a letter to the members of the assembly last week, Evers writes that the…
A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The partners have already written a couple of checks. The fund is called Zero Shot (a…
US Border Patrol agents are raising money by selling coins that commemorate last year’s wave of immigration enforcement “operations” across the country, along with other merchandise. The funds are for nonprofit organizations that list Border Patrol buildings as their address…
A scanning electron micrograph of a mouse nerve cell that is affected by misfolded versions of the proteins amyloid and beta, which are thought to drive Alzheimer’s disease LINNEA RUNDGREN/LINEAR IMAGING/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Interest is growing in using the brain’s…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. (Left), the axonometric hand drawing of the polybolos, by A.R., was partially colored by V.C. using the graphic post-production software GIMP 3.0.4.; (right), the…
Cape Verde’s Cinderella run at the World Cup isn’t done yet. With a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia on Friday, the small African nation did just enough to finish second in Group H and advance to the round of 32….
A Texas education panel has approved plans to make Bible stories mandatory for all five million public school students in the state, sparking a row about separation of church and state. The required readings, which don’t come into effect until…
An ever-increasing number of student loan borrowers struggle to keep up with their payments; roughly 9 million federal loan borrowers were in default as of March 2026. Under the current rules, borrowers in default can rehabilitate their loans — returning…
