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Some X users on Wednesday asked Grok – the AI chatbot available through Elon Musk’s social media platform – questions about simple topics. In response, they got replies about the theory of “white genocide” in South Africa.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that’s visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet.
Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago.
Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but over months of treatment, he started to wonder whether it was worth it. He was exhausted and hopeless. He missed his grandkids.
A Brazilian scientist who pushed back against chemical fertilizers and researched biologically based approaches to more robust food production has been honored with this year’s World Food Prize, the organization announced Tuesday.
Pressed into a piece of rock is the flattened, 47 million-year-old body of a cicada. Measuring about 1 inch long with a wingspan of 2.7 inches, its fossilized form is nearly intact, with its veined wings spread wide.
Prime Minister Mark Carney created a new artificial intelligence ministry as he made some key changes and additions to his cabinet on Tuesday.
Haven Greens grows millions of pounds of lettuce a year using automation and solar energy with the help of artificial intelligence to produce pesticide free, non-GMO heads of lettuce and putting them on grocery shelves across Ontario.
New research suggests that the fastest motion you can perceive may depend on how quickly your eyes can move.
Players swiping their way through more than 18,700 levels of Candy Crush Saga might be surprised to learn they’re solving puzzles designed with an assist from artificial intelligence.
Sometimes, a great find is hiding right beneath one’s nose in the humblest of places: on paper.
A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.
Google will pay US$1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected data on users without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.
For the last 15 years, there’s been a lot of talk about the possibilities of small modular reactors – mini nuclear plants that could be factory built and power an industrial site or a small city. Now, Ontario is pressing ahead with a plan to build four of them – the first in the western world.
Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows.
