OpenAI’s content deal with the FT is an attempt to avoid more legal challenges – and an AI ‘data apocalypse’

The tech company has been seeking to licence content from a variety of media companies.

Mike Cook, Senior Lecturer, Department of Informatics, King's College London • conversation
May 8, 2024 ~7 min

US drone warfare faces questions of legitimacy, study of military chaplains shows

The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience − have questions.

Keith L. Carter, Associate Professor of Political Science, US Naval War College • conversation
May 8, 2024 ~9 min


Boeing Delays First Crewed Launch of Starliner Spacecraft

VOA Learning English • voa
May 7, 2024 ~3 min

New method makes more efficient solar cells at room temp

A new innovation not only simplifies the production process for solar cells but also increased efficiency, researchers report.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
May 7, 2024 ~5 min

Why parrotlets adopt (or kill) their rivals’ babies

Competition over love and real estate drive two extreme behaviors of green-rumped parrotlets: adopting or killing their rivals' babies.

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
May 7, 2024 ~7 min

Scientists Argue over Intelligence of T. Rex

VOA Learning English • voa
May 6, 2024 ~4 min

Quantum physics could make measuring time more precise

A new method for measuring the time interval, the second, may mitigate some of the limitations that today’s atomic clocks encounter.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
May 6, 2024 ~7 min

Aligned ‘noodles’ could pave way for lab-grown biological tissue

A new way to make lab-grown biological tissue could offer possibilities for regeneration after injury.

Silvia Cernea Clark-Rice • futurity
May 6, 2024 ~4 min


Scientists Explore How to Grow Crops on Mars

VOA Learning English • voa
May 5, 2024 ~5 min

NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers

VOA Learning English • voa
May 5, 2024 ~5 min

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