Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them.

If life ever existed on Mars, it might have looked like microfossils right here on Earth.

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A ‘smiling’ fossil has gone viral after being discovered by a tourist on Holy Island.

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By Don Knebel February 24, 2026 Over the past few decades, the so-called “Christian Right,” aligned with the Republican Party ...

Israel said it launched another wave of strikes on Iran on Sunday, as Iranians grappled with uncertainty after the killing of ...

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President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address at 9 p.m. Eastern time, as his popularity is at a low point and his party could lose control of the House in November. Mr. Trump will aim to ...