Former NYS Trooper Thomas Mascia shot himself at park near Southern State, setting off 'wild-goose chase' for nonexistent shooter, DA says
Thomas J. Mascia, 27, who had been a state trooper since 2019, pleaded not guilty to falsely reporting an incident and other ...
First Monster Black Hole Ever Imaged Continues To Evolve in Jaw-Dropping Photos
In a groundbreaking follow-up to their 2019 reveal of the first black hole image, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team has ...
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AI Creates New Glowing Protein, Simulating 500 Million Years of Evolution
Synthesizing new proteins – the building blocks of biological life – is a scientific field of immense potential, and a newly developed AI model promises to create instructions for new proteins way ...
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The coptic recyclers of Cairo’s ‘Garbage City’
The remarkable story of Cairo's Zabbaleen, who turn the city's rubbish into valuable resources in a stunning example of ...
Britt Allcroft, Creator of ‘Thomas the Tank Engine,’ Dies at 81
She wanted to create an unconventional show that would enchant children. And she knew she found her perfect narrator in Ringo ...
The 43+ best new products of 2025
This story is part of NBC Select’s New & Notable column, where we highlight our favorite product launches. We will continuously update this article throughout the month with new releases we think you ...
Behind AI makers' claims to share 'open source' models
Open source refers to the practice of programmers revealing the source code of their software, rather than just the "compiled ...
DeepSeek’s ‘aha moment’ creates new way to build powerful AI with less money
FREE TO READ] Chinese artificial intelligence group’s use of ‘reinforcement learning’ and ‘small language models’ leads to ...
NASA Reveals Shocking Human Impact on Earth’s Water Cycle
NASA scientists have uncovered significant changes in the global water cycle over the past two decades, largely driven by ...
The Manhattan Project Was Secret. Should America’s AI Work Be Too?
Tim Dettmers is one of the scientists at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence who contributed to the DeepSeek breakthrough that grabbed the world’s attention this past week. He’s never had any ...
Trapped-ion processor demonstrates verifiable quantum random sampling
One of the key goals within the field of quantum computing is to achieve what is known as a quantum advantage. This term ...
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist has architects up in arms – but they’re missing the point
Ignore all the whingers. Go to see the excellent The Brutalist. Take along an architect you hate. The film is 3½ hours long. They might actually explode with fury ...