A new light-based breakthrough could help quantum computers finally scale up. Stanford researchers created miniature optical cavities that efficiently collect light from individual atoms, allowing ...

I could tell you a dozen stories about cooking on a budget. Some are triumphant—like the time I hosted my entire MFA cohort with a DIY baked potato bar and some donated champagne. Others are sadder: ...

Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots has gone through the roof. In July 2025, OpenAI reported that its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, received over 2.5 billion ...

A Los Angeles-based startup has demonstrated what it calls a breakthrough in hardware development: an artificial intelligence system that designed a fully functional Linux computer in one week — a ...

ThioJoe reveals 17 simple computer tricks to make work faster and easier. World leaders react to Trump's tariff threat over Greenland She protested at Stephen Miller’s home. Now police are ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2025 issue. For 15 years, Debrah Linn and her children have raised chickens, miniature donkeys, pet geese, and, more recently, longhorn cattle on ...

The site will process aging plutonium pits to create new ones, generating hazardous and radioactive waste in the process. Some members of the public and a former citizens' advisory board chair ...

Signal announced the introduction of Sparse Post-Quantum Ratchet (SPQR), a new cryptographic component designed to withstand quantum computing threats. SPQR will serve as an advanced mechanism that ...

Planet China: Eighth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. A Chinese mining company is denying that its toxic waste spill, one ...