Owen Poole covers today's top tech stories, including: EU countries attempt to regulate popular "prediction markets," Starlink partners with American Airlines ahead of the future SpaceX IPO, and ...

Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer.

Anders Levermann is a professor of physics and head of complexity science at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany. He is author of Folding the World (2026). Is a monster ...

In the US, the birth rate for 15- to 19-year-olds dropped 7% last year. But what seems like good news for society has been lamented by some leading Maga figures Teenagers these days, eh? Instead of ...

Reproductive rights matter because they give all people access to safe reproductive health care. If your rights are restricted, you may not be able to make your own decisions about pregnancy or birth ...

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality. By ...

Let’s face the facts. We all live under the safe, warm umbrella of the Play Store. There’s a good reason for that. It has the most apps, intensely good security (comparatively speaking), comes ...

Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its parliament approved the world's strictest laws. The ban, which will not take effect for at least 12 months, could see tech ...

Cellphone bans in schools are proliferating in the face of mounting evidence that the devices are taking a serious toll on students' ability to focus in the classroom and their overall mental health.

COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease 2019. Here’s what to know about transmission, treatment, and prevention in 2024. In 2019, COVID-19 began generating headlines worldwide because of its ...

The public's trust in politicians has fallen by nine percentage points in just 18 months, as two thirds of British voters now believe that they are “merely out for themselves”, according to new ...