Stories by pseudolus

Visions of Nuclear-Powered Cars Captivated Cold War America, Tech Never Worked

Study confirms Egyptians drank hallucinogenic cocktails in ancient rituals

How public key cryptography works, using only simple math

ChatGPT or Shakespeare? Readers Couldn't Tell Difference–Preferred AI Verse

France's new dictionary struggles to keep up with the times

OpenAI accused of trying to profit off AI model inspection in court

Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer

US trust in scientists plunged during pandemic – but it's starting to recover

Scientists Make First Mechanical Qubit

Hiker discovers first trace of entire prehistoric ecosystem in Italian Alps

Canada Just Fixed Copyright Law for Repair

US FTC plans to investigate Microsoft's cloud business

Internet freedom is fading in the new era of social control

Amazon launches Temu and Shein rival with 'crazy low' prices

Sanctuary AI Is Betting Big on Human-Like Machines That Learn and Work

World's Largest Coral Found in the Pacific

Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742M years ago

Revisting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later

Chronic itch is miserable. Scientists are just scratching the surface

New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond