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Anthropic’s New Product Aims to Handle the Hard Part of Building AI Agents

Anthropic announced Wednesday the launch of a new product that aims to make it easier for businesses to build and deploy AI agents. The tool, Claude Managed Agents, offers developers out-of-the-box infrastructure to build autonomous AI systems, simplifying a complex…

Particles seen emerging from empty space for first time

Particle collisions inside the STAR detector at the Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC, known as STAR Brookhaven National Laboratory A pair of rare particles produced in high-energy proton collisions may be the clearest evidence yet that mass can emerge from empty…

Why did childhood summers feel endless?

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Growing up, summers felt like they lasted forever—or close to it. It felt as though the season had no end, until the lure of…

Scientists map the brain’s hidden wiring using RNA barcodes in major breakthrough

Researchers have developed a powerful new way to map how brain cells connect by tagging neurons with molecular “barcodes.” Using this technique, they were able to chart thousands of neural connections in the mouse brain with remarkable speed and detail….

Sony teases its next-gen ‘True RGB’ Mini LED TV technology

This year at CES 2026 everybody was pretty confused about the new “Micro RGB” and “RGB Mini LED” TVs that use similar technology but carry different names. Now, Sony has come up with another label for its own Mini LED…

Nothing’s noise-canceling CMF Buds 2A are down to $19.99 for the rest of today

It’s not every day you find a decent pair of wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, a transparency mode, and app support for less than $20, which is why the current lighting deal on the CMF Buds 2A stands out….

Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline

Update (April 7, 10:30 PM PT): The company has updated the app store listing and removed references to the Android app. But it also added that the iOS keyboard is coming soon. Google on Monday quietly released an offline-first dictation…

The iPhone Gets a D– for Repairability

The iPhone is the least fixable phone on the market, according to repairability experts. Phones from Samsung and Google are not far behind. The latest repairability ratings are from an annual report called “Failing the Fix” put out today by…

How a century-long argument over light’s true nature came to an end

Light is both a wave and a particle, and we know it for sure now Anna Bliokh/Getty Images The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign…

Flirty birds inflate throat pouch to attract a mate

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. From butt-loving baboons to peacocking spiders, animals boast an array of flirting techniques. Male frigatebirds attract potential mates by inflating a large, hairless, red…