An African monkey ate a rope squirrel and came down with mpox

A monkey making a meal of a squirrel may have sparked an outbreak.  In early 2023, mpox broke out among a group of a few dozen sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) living...

How long until AI takes your job?

Recent breakthroughs have accelerated worries that AI may soon replace humans in the workforce on a massive scale. Two experts talk...

The Last Mystery of Antarctica’s ‘Blood Falls’ Has Finally Been Solved

There is a corner of Antarctica that looks like something out of a David Cronenberg movie. It's...

Intricate silk helps net-casting spiders ensnare prey in webs

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

A lab on wheels is tracking HIV spread in war-torn Ukraine

The invasion of Ukraine has stymied healthcare services, allowing diseases such as HIV to spread unchecked. The...

What others can learn from how Minnesota helped its most vulnerable residents during the ICE surge

The surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota over the past few months left many people...

Valley News

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland the week of Sep. 11

A house in Oakland that sold for $2.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the past week.In total, 11 residential real estate sales were recorded in the...

Three-bedroom home sells for $3.7 million in Saratoga

20030 Winter Lane – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 20000 block of Winter Lane in Saratoga has new owners. The 2,572-square-foot property, built in 1955, was sold on Sept. 5, 2023. The $3,710,000 purchase price works...

San Jose: Driver hits, kills pedestrian in Willow Glen

SAN JOSE – A driver hit and killed a pedestrian Monday morning in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood, police said. The collision happened around 6:20 a.m. at the intersection of Meridian Avenue and Willow Street, San Jose Police Department...

Technology

How long until AI takes your job?

Recent breakthroughs have accelerated worries that AI may soon replace humans in the workforce on a massive scale. Two experts talk through...

There’s a shortage of RAM (computer memory). How is this affecting the industry?

Memory chips (aka RAM) are in short supply, globally. Why and what does that mean for consumers Sponsor Message ...

NASA chief blasts Boeing, space agency for failed Starliner astronaut mission

This view from the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shows Boeing's Starliner docked...

Startups

Decoding Bezos: Brilliant Or Lucky? 4 Key Insights For Ventures & Angels

Jeff Bezos invested $250,000 in Google in a very-early round because he liked the entrepreneurs — Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Based on...

6 Giveaway Signs Of ChatGPT-Generated Content

ChatGPT currently has around 180.5 million users. The website generated 1.5 billion visits in September 2023. Entrepreneurs are using it to help them...

Europe’s Deeptech Funding Hampered by Lack Of Understanding

In the U.K. and across Europe as a whole, those with an interest in the creation and growth of deeptech startups are both...

Business

What others can learn from how Minnesota helped its most vulnerable residents during the ICE surge

The surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota over the past few months left many people not only traumatized but financially hard...

You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds

The government is on the hook to refund $134 billion – and counting – worth of tariff revenue collected from President Donald...

Are China’s ‘AI tigers’ cheating? US rival Anthropic alleges some are

United States artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is accusing three prominent Chinese AI labs of illegally extracting capabilities from its Claude model to...

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An African monkey ate a rope squirrel and came down with mpox

A monkey making a meal of a squirrel may have sparked an outbreak.  In early 2023, mpox...

The Last Mystery of Antarctica’s ‘Blood Falls’ Has Finally Been Solved

There is a corner of Antarctica that looks like something out of a David Cronenberg movie. It's...

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Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writers’ Association Newsbrief award and...

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The invasion of Ukraine has stymied healthcare services, allowing diseases such as HIV to spread unchecked. The...

What others can learn from how Minnesota helped its most vulnerable residents during the ICE surge

The surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota over the past few months left many people...

You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds

The government is on the hook to refund $134 billion – and counting – worth of...

Are China’s ‘AI tigers’ cheating? US rival Anthropic alleges some are

United States artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is accusing three prominent Chinese AI labs of illegally extracting...