Science

Everything You See Is a Computational Process, If You Know How to Look

Everything You See Is a Computational Process, If You Know How to Look

Albert Wagner

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the movie Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr challenges the physicist early in his ...

WTI falls, snapping four-week winning streak

WTI falls, snapping four-week winning streak

Albert Wagner

An offshore oil rig platform is photographed in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. July 4, 2024.  Etienne Laurent | Reuters Crude ...

Climate change made June heat wave up to 10 times more likely, scientists say – National

Climate change made June heat wave up to 10 times more likely, scientists say – National

Albert Wagner

The above-normal temperatures in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada were made two to 10 times more likely as a result ...

Lion Man: The oldest known evidence of religious belief in the world

Lion Man: The oldest known evidence of religious belief in the world

Albert Wagner

Name: Lion Man What it is: An ivory statuette depicting a half-human, half-lion Where it was found: Inside the dark ...

Microbeads with adaptable fluorescent colors from visible light to near-infrared

Microbeads with adaptable fluorescent colors from visible light to near-infrared

Albert Wagner

A research team at NIMS has successfully developed an environmentally friendly, microspherical fluorescent material primarily made from citric acid. These ...

This climate tech startup wants to capture carbon and help data centers cool down

This climate tech startup wants to capture carbon and help data centers cool down

Albert Wagner

Data centers are a growing climate problem, especially as all the energy needed to train AI models inflates tech companies’ ...

Getting up close and personal with space junk

Getting up close and personal with space junk

Albert Wagner

We’re getting a close look at some of the space junk that’s floating in space thanks to Tokyo-based company Astroscale ...

AI’s Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet’s Hyper-Consumption Era

AI’s Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet’s Hyper-Consumption Era

Albert Wagner

Right now, generative artificial intelligence is impossible to ignore online. An AI-generated summary may randomly appear at the top of ...

WTI rises as inflation eases

WTI rises as inflation eases

Albert Wagner

An oil pumpjack is shown in a field in Stanton, Texas, on June 27, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images ...

Starliner astronauts in good spirits, ‘confident’ they’ll return to Earth safely – National

Starliner astronauts in good spirits, ‘confident’ they’ll return to Earth safely – National

Albert Wagner

The astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft are confident they’ll get back to Earth safely aboard the vessel, despite weeks of ...