In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human ...

In America, the law is king!’ ‘No King! No Tyranny!’ For a skeptical Thomas Paine, every day was ‘No Kings Day.’ ...

Authorities around the world can use your cell phone to track your location and potentially access other sensitive private information about you. One possible protection from this data collection is a ...

Kaley Chiles' case is the latest in several high-profile cases related to professionals and free speech out of Colorado.

If that happens, we will have a president who is no longer constrained by the Constitution or any law. There is a word for ...

Large language models largely remain black boxes in terms of what is happening inside them to produce the outputs that they do. They have also been a bit of a black box in terms of who is using them ...

Comstock’s censorship campaign, though self-defeating in the long run, nonetheless caused enormous suffering, just as many ...

Geneva: In a powerful show of support for Qatar, 78 countries delivered a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, denouncing Israel's recent military assault on Doha. The ...

OpenAI researchers released a report on ChatGPT use on Monday, the largest study to date. The study found that the majority of ChatGPT users are now women, despite being 80% men at time of launch in ...

The sanctuary city of Portland has announced it will issue a land use violation notice on Thursday to a local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building, accusing it of repeatedly holding ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will notify doctors that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy can be associated with a “very increased risk of autism,” ...