The Iron Age began with accidental advances in metallurgy

The Iron Age began with accidental advances in metallurgy

Long before humans learned to forge iron weapons or build iron plows, ancient smelters were perfecting the art of making copper.......

Albania appoints first AI ‘minister’ to oversee public procurement

Albania appoints first AI ‘minister’ to oversee public procurement

Albania has made history by appointing an artificial intelligence system as a government minister in charge of public procurement......

U.S. credibility in foreign policy on abrupt decline – report

U.S. credibility in foreign policy on abrupt decline – report

In a sobering appraisal of America’s recent diplomatic trajectory, The Atlantic warns that U.S. foreign-policy credibility......

Startup Gravitics earns $60-million award to build an “orbital carrier”

Startup Gravitics earns $60-million award to build an “orbital carrier”

In a bold push to transform how the United States responds to threats in space, the U.S. Space Force, via its innovation arm......

Silent siege: How precision, AI, and invisible weapons are redefining conflict

Silent siege: How precision, AI, and invisible weapons are redefining conflict

The popular imagination of warfare is still dominated by the cataclysmic explosions of the 20th century: the thunder of......

Turbulence surges amid climate stress and busier skies

Turbulence surges amid climate stress and busier skies

The skies are getting busier — and bumpier, according to a new report. From passenger jets to cargo freighters and military......

Scientists put a quantum system in a “both-forward-and-backward time” state

Scientists put a quantum system in a “both-forward-and-backward time” state

In a bold experiment, physicists succeeded in placing a quantum system into a state that evolves both forward and backward in......

Study reveals the North Atlantic’s circulation risks to collapse

Study reveals the North Atlantic’s circulation risks to collapse

A new study published in Nature Communications raises alarm over a possible collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning......

AI voice clones now indistinguishable from real human speech, study finds

AI voice clones now indistinguishable from real human speech, study finds

Artificial intelligence has reached a new milestone: generating voices so realistic that the average listener can no longer tell......

Gaia reveals a giant “wave” rippling through the Milky Way

Gaia reveals a giant “wave” rippling through the Milky Way

A team of astronomers using ESA’s Gaia space telescope has uncovered an astonishing large-scale ripple in our Milky Way......

Russia’s war machine is running on empty

Russia’s war machine is running on empty

By now, even Moscow’s own statistics tell the story: Russia’s military industry is exhausting itself. The numbers,......

Andromeda’s satellite galaxies are strangely pointed at Milky Way

Andromeda’s satellite galaxies are strangely pointed at Milky Way

Astronomers have spotted something puzzling about our closest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy (M31). A new study......