OpenAI has a goblin problem. Instructions designed to guide the behavior of the company’s latest model as it writes code have been revealed to include a line, repeated several times, that specifically forbids it from randomly mentioning an assortment of…
New York State Department of Health Commissioner James McDonald talking in New York last year about measles outbreaks Jim Franco/Albany Times Union via Getty Images Gamblers are increasingly placing bets on the number of people infected with measles in the…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Every day, the average American spends nearly 2.5 hours scrolling through social media. Cats, on the other hand, waste approximately no time on the…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified a wide range of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds that scientists consider key ingredients for the origin of life on Earth. The discovery comes from a chemical experiment carried out on another planet for…
NVIDIA is releasing a new variant of its 5070 GPU for laptops. Nestled in a blog post about the latest version of its Game Ready Drivers, the company notes its partners will soon start selling 5070 laptops with 12GB of…
Kate O’Flynn views comedy and horror as “kind of the same thing.” Both are at their best when they surprise — a laugh or a scare that comes out of nowhere hits the hardest. That’s why, for the star of…
When Chris Gray sold his Shark Tank-backed scholarship search startup Scholly to Sallie Mae in 2023, he thought he had it all. Now he’s suing the student loan giant for wrongful termination and alleging that it’s selling the data his…
A controversial bill in Colorado that would have undone some repair protections in the state has failed. The bill had been the target of right-to-repair advocates, who saw it as a bellwether for how tech companies might try to undo…
Solar panels offer the possibility of a home with super-low energy bills Mujie/Alamy Australia is in the midst of a home battery-installation frenzy, as households scramble to take advantage of a subsidy introduced by the federal government. My household is…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The average male Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) is about 10-feet-long and weighs around 1,200 pounds. But Chonkers is no average sea lion. At…
Gold (GC=F) June futures opened at $4,575.20 per troy ounce on Monday, down 0.4% from the previous closing price on Friday of $4,593. Gold moved lower in early trading, falling to $4,537.90 by 7:56 a.m. ET. The price of gold…
Image Credit: Getty Images Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun are back in the spotlight after taking a major step in their relationship. The 28-year-old actress and the 44-year-old music executive, who were first linked in summer 2025, recently went Instagram…
Aug 27, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Astros relief pitcher Josh Hader talks with fans before the game against the Colorado Rockies at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Following a tumultuous start to the season largely dictated by…
