Will A.I. Be a Bust? A Wall Street Skeptic Rings the Alarm.
Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs’s head of stock research, warned that building too much of what the world doesn’t need “typically…
Punching Octopuses Lead Fish on Hunting Parties
Octopuses and fish are routinely seen working together on the ocean floor, and now scientists say that the cephalopods are…
Was It Really a Hot Zone Summer?
From Covid to dengue, viral outbreaks seemed to be popping up all over. But maybe Americans are just more attuned…
Gabriel Sachter-Smith’s Quest for Wild Bananas Around the World
Gabriel Sachter-Smith is a banana aficionado who has identified some 500 varieties of banana on expeditions around the tropical world.…
Biden Administration Proposes Ban on Chinese Software in Vehicles
Federal officials acknowledged that few Chinese vehicles were on U.S. roads now, but said that the administration wanted to take…
Nurses in England reject offer of 5.5% pay rise
Nurses in England have voted to reject the government's offer of a 5.5% pay rise, the Royal College of Nursing…
Government to review most Tory new-hospital schemes
The future of 25 projects that are part of the New Hospital Programme in England is in doubt, after the…
The World Is a Mess. That Makes the Climate Crisis Harder to Solve.
A transformed China, conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere, and intractable clashes over money have pushed the prospects of progress to…
How Healthy Are Apples?
“An apple a day” might seem like overkill, but America’s most popular fruit — currently weighing down branches in orchards…
Could Altering Ocean Chemistry Help Slow Global Warming?
In a quiet patch of forest in Nova Scotia, a company is building a machine designed to help slow global…