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Michael Pollan explains why AI will never replicate human consciousness

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious minds to crack

Rampant growth of satellite mega constellations could ruin the night sky

Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

Is AI conscious? Michael Pollan weighs in on the debate

Michael Pollan dives into the scientific and philosophical puzzles of consciousness, from brain biology to AI and beyond

People who know more about AI art find it less ethical

When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept

Mumps infections reveal that vaccine-preventable illnesses are resurging in the U.S.

Maryland is one of several states that are reporting cases of the infectious disease mumps, suggesting the return of diseases—like measles—that vaccines protect against

NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say

U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station's retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built

A quirk of geology explains Iran's oil—and why it's stuck in the Persian Gulf

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now

NASA changed an asteroid’s orbital path around the sun, a first for humankind

Smashing a spacecraft into a binary asteroid system has managed to alter its path around the sun, a new analysis reveals

Why replacing Anthropic at the Pentagon could take months

Swapping out one AI model on a classified network for another takes minutes. Retraining the people who've learned to rely on it will take much longer

Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud

Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds

The surprising science behind why daylight saving time is good for wildlife

You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit

The age of animal experiments may be waning

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome