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FCC Drone Ban—What the New ‘Covered List’ Means for DJI and Pilots

December 23, 2025 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm FCC Blocks New Foreign-Made Drones, Citing National Security Risks The U.S.’s decision to ban the sale of new foreign-made.

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The Arctic Is in Dire Straits, 20 Years of Reporting Show

December 16, 2025 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The Arctic Is in Dire Straits, 20 Years of Reporting Show The Arctic has changed dramatically in the past.

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Could Symbolic AI Unlock Human-like Intelligence?

Will computers ever match or surpass human-level intelligence — and, if so, how? When the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), based in Washington DC, asked its members.

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The Paris Climate Agreement Is Turning 10—These 5 Charts Show What Progress We’ve Made

November 22, 2025 4 min read 5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10 The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the.

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Scientists Create 3.3 Trillion Degree Particle Soup to Mimic the Universe Just after the Big Bang

November 15, 2025 2 min read Scientists Measure the Temperature of the Universe Just after the Big Bang Quark-gluon plasma, a bizarre state of matter that mimics the early cosmos,.

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AI Slop—How Every Media Revolution Breeds Rubbish and Art

November 8, 2025 4 min read The Slop Cycle—How Every Media Revolution Breeds Rubbish and Art The popularization of the term “slop” for AI output follows a centuries-long pattern where.

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Can AI Music Ever Feel Human? The Answer Goes beyond the Sound

November 1, 2025 5 min read Can AI Music Ever Feel Human? It’s Not Just about the Sound A personal experiment with the artificial intelligence music platform Suno’s latest model.

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Ancient DNA Reveals New Diseases behind Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Retreat

October 24, 2025 3 min read Napoleon’s Defeat in Russia Was Aided by Two Surprising Deadly Diseases Disease-causing bacteria that have been recently discovered in the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers.

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Flu Cases Surge Early in Japan, Sparking Global Health Concerns

October 17, 2025 2 min read Flu Cases Surge Early in Japan, Sparking Global Health Concerns School closures and hospitalizations from an unexpected early spike in flu cases in Japan.

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How the Math That Powers Google Foresaw the New Pope

October 11, 2025 5 min read The Math That Predicted the New Pope A decades-old technique from network science saw something in the papal conclave that AI missed By Jack.

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