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How to Tame AI’s Voracious Appetite for Energy

Better algorithms, hardware and computing methods can lower AI’s power drain

May 24, 2026

They Call It Stupid Hot For a Reason

How heat muddles animal brains

May 23, 2026

Finally a Commencement Speech That Gets AI Right

Leave it to The Woz to hit the right note with freshly minted graduates

May 22, 2026

How Your Brain Decides What Matters

People with amygdala damage are shedding new light on why we trust or fear others

Using Brain Waves to Translate Thoughts into Pictures

Young scientists dream up a way to decipher the mind’s eye with EEG and AI

May 22, 2026

These Tiny Flies Survive, Even Thrive on Snow

Genomic adaptations power their extreme cold tolerance

May 22, 2026

The Ancient Roots of “Sewer Socialism”

Urban planning wasn’t so different 4,000 years ago

May 21, 2026

After Two Centuries of Mystery, This Is How Tobacco Plants Make Nicotine

Understanding the pathway could lead to better drugs and vaccines

May 21, 2026

Are Humanoid Robots the End of Human Work?

Here’s what the people making the robots think

May 21, 2026

When One Dead Whale Becomes a Decades-Long Buffet

An ocean floor feast that’s bottomless

May 21, 2026