This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California faces a half-dozen existential issues that threaten the state’s future economic and social well-being, ...

African lions are increasingly targeted for trade in their bones, skin, teeth and claws, according to a newly published study. Without urgent action, the authors warn, poaching may pose an existential ...

California faces a half-dozen existential issues that threaten the state’s future economic and social wellbeing, and they have persistently defied attempts to resolve them over the last 25 years. They ...

As students finalize their schedules for the spring semester, some may decide to take larger introductory courses in chemistry or economics. But others may decide they want to explore philosophical ...

Morgan Pinder is a writer at GameRant and a graduate researcher at Deakin University in Australia. Their research interests are in video games, environmentalism and gothic media. Morgan’s most recent ...

As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals. In 2010, the FBI sent Wikipedia a ...

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If you've ever shopped for a cheap charging cable, wireless mouse, or laptop stand on Amazon, you've probably stumbled across Amazon Basics. The brand has become a go-to for low-cost tech accessories, ...

A federal judge warned of an “existential threat to democracy” in a searing first-person essay published Sunday, saying he had stepped down from the bench to speak out against President Donald Trump.

Judge Mark L. Wolf, writing in The Atlantic, said he was stepping down to speak out against the “assault on the rule of law” by President Trump, whom he accused of “targeting his adversaries.” By ...

A team of researchers at the AI evaluation company Andon Labs put a large language model in charge of controlling a robot vacuum. It didn’t take long for the LLM to experience a full meltdown straight ...

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