Technology
DARPA Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against...
The US defense research agency is funding three universities to engineer reef structures that will be colonized by corals and bivalves...
Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Getting Much, Much Stronger
Cultivators are turning to genetic sequencing and cellular-manipulation techniques to breed highly potent mushrooms—leaving some unprepared...
The AI Nobel Prizes Could Change the Focus of Research
It has been a billboard week for artificial intelligence research. But could big wins for Demis Hassabis and Geoffrey Hinton change...
The Crackdown on Compounded GLP-1 Meds Has Begun
Now that the Mounjaro and Zepbound shortage is over, Eli Lilly is going after the cottage industry selling “compounded” versions of...
Hurricane Milton Shows How a Storm’s Category Doesn’t Tell...
Milton’s reclassification to a Category 3 storm suggests it is weakening, but the scale accounts only for wind speed and not hurricane...
Why Tampa Is So Vulnerable to Hurricane Milton
Tampa, Florida is the most vulnerable US city to hurricane damage. Delays to floodwater defenses and relentless development only made...
How the AI Nobel Prizes Could Change the Focus of Research
It has been a billboard week for artificial intelligence research. But could big wins for Demis Hassabis and Geoffrey Hinton change...
Florida Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Hurricane...
More than 200 health care facilities in impacted areas are moving patients and residents in what the state’s chief of emergency medical...
A Major GLP-1 Drug Shortage Is Over. Some Patients Aren’t...
Mounjaro and Zepbound are now out of shortage. This should be good news—but because so many patients are taking compounded versions...
Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs...
While some residents in hurricane-impacted areas can't send texts or make calls, amateur radio enthusiasts are helping communicate...
