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A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training.

At a whopping 728 feet wide, the newfound basin hints at the risks that impact events may pose to planned human outposts.

His "The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook" made a case for insects as food, while his boisterous cooking demonstrations brought tarantulas and crickets to TV.

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

They scanned the pattern of microscopic imperfections on an ancient limestone slab, and used A.I. to figure out how a game might have been played.

A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president's favored projects in Washington.

A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded "extraordinary proof" that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.

Dog behavior experts offered a variety of explanations for why Nash the golden retriever wagged his tail and carried a toy near a man who broke into his owner's home.

The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.