A group of researchers from across the US and the UK on what AI does to our brains and the results are, in a word, grim. These results were published in a paper called “AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts…
If you missed out on Amazon’s recent spring sales event, Best Buy’s Ultimate Upgrade Sale presents yet another opportunity to score steep discounts on some of our favorite gadgets. The five-day sale runs through April 19th and features deals on…
After selling its shoe brand and assets last month for $39 million, Allbirds is pivoting to AI. Of course, the company is also changing its name, since the footwear brand “Allbirds” was part of the sale. Introducing: NewBird AI, a…
Adding Wi-Fi doesn’t always turn out to be as smart as it sounds. A smart smoke detector turns out to be dumber than I thought, even with Wi-Fi added. Smart smoke detectors will let you know if a fire breaks…
Beef consumption is on the rise in the US, but is there any amount that fits into a healthy diet? Westend61 GmbH/Alamy The US government caused quite a stir earlier this year when it unveiled its new dietary guidelines. A…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. No matter how snappy your smartphone feels when you first buy it, it will inevitably slow down over time. When that happens, you have…
For decades, physicists have been trying to answer a fundamental question: can electrons move like a perfectly smooth, frictionless fluid governed by a universal quantum value? Detecting this unusual behavior has proven extremely challenging. In real materials, tiny imperfections such…
Japanese entertainment company Toho has released a teaser video for Godzilla Minus Zero, the upcoming sequel to the award-winning film Godzilla Minus One. The teaser shows the famous monster next to the Statue of Liberty as it rampages across New…
*insert Godzilla screeching sound* Here’s the very first look at the next big kaiju feature. Godzilla Minus Zero will continue the story of 2023’s Godzilla Minus One, which returned the franchise to the more grounded tone established in the original…
OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation is facing skepticism from some of its own investors as the company scrambles to reorient itself around enterprise customers and fend off Anthropic, according to the Financial Times. Anthropic’s annualized revenue jumped from $9 billion at…
Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson sparked a backlash Sunday night after shutting down a patriotic chant from the crowd at a Florida concert and questioning what the audience had to be proud of as Americans. The trouble began during the…
On April 14, 2025, Dan Berulis, an IT staffer at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), filed a Congressional whistleblower complaint with an extraordinary and urgent claim: The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had seemingly compromised the agency’s data…
Bullet point summary by AI Kentucky secured a last-minute transfer portal win just days before the preseason rankings deadline. Milan Momcilovic gives the team a proven scorer and elite shooter, but it doesn’t offset a summer of roster losses and…
