Nothing Can Eat Australia’s Cane Toads—So They Eat Each Other
The cane toad may be the poster animal for invasive species. Native to South America, it has been introduced to many other ecosystems in the hope it would…
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GM Recalls Every Chevy Bolt Ever Made Over Faulty Batteries
GM has announced that it is recalling every Chevrolet Bolt made to date, including new electric utility vehicle models, over concerns that a manufacturing…
How the Cuttlefish’s Robust Memory System Defies Old Age
Can you remember what you had for dinner last weekend? That ability is a function of episodic memory, and how well we can recall the time and place of…
Apple’s Photo-Scanning Plan Sparks Outcry From Policy Groups
More than 90 policy groups from the US and around the world signed an open letter urging Apple to drop its plan to have Apple devices scan photos for child…
The Feds Are Investigating Tesla Over Autopilot Crashes
US government regulators are opening an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system after cars using the feature crashed into stopped emergency vehicles.The…
Want to Slash Carbon Emissions? Start With These Power Plants
The world seems to be simultaneously on fire and flooding, and the latest expert report indicates that we've just about run out of time to avoid even more…
Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill
"This legislation will tear down coercive anticompetitive walls in the app economy, giving consumers more choices and smaller startup tech companies a…
If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It
We've all seen it happen: Watch one video on YouTube and your recommendations shift, as if Google's algorithms think the video's subject is your life's…
With Kate, Netflix Is Still Looking for Its Own John Wick
A ruthless criminal operative is poisoned and has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her killers in Kate, a new action thriller from Netflix starring…
Russia’s Latest Space Station Incident Points to Larger Issues
Last Thursday the big new Russian space station module, Nauka, finally docked with the International Space Station after several technical issues en route to…