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Across the country, lost-and-found networks seek to reunite objects with disaster survivors. The work can take years. In some cases, it's impossible to pick up all the pieces.
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Eva Revolver for NPRStories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. -
BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty ImageseBay became the latest online retailer to ban the sale of airbags and many of their components. Aftermarket parts can be risky if they turn out to be fake or defective.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was extremely concerned about OpenAI 's breach of an Australian health department website that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal. -
Southwestern Mexico braced for heavy rain and mudslides after Polo became a major hurricane. Forecasters warned another system headed for Hawaii could cause catastrophic flooding later in the week. -
The Nvidia CEO is a relentless AI optimist with the president's ear. Stephen Witt, author of The Thinking Machine, tells NPR's Juana Summers how their relationship could shape the future of AI.
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The two nations will have to overcome long-term mistrust and a very different set of priorities.
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Geoffrey Hinton is a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and cognitive psychologist. Over decades, he helped develop the mathematical engine behind today’s AI, and his students have gone on to found companies like OpenAI. -
Critics say a slowdown of AI development among the largest companies could consolidate the power of frontier labs, just as many others are trying to catch up. -
Coral reefs are under threat right now due to abnormally warm ocean temperatures. Scientists are studying the healthiest reefs in the world in search of ways to help all reefs with climate change. -
Hurricane Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades, and it was expected to skirt Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 storm. -
Wired's Andy Greenberg explains how a cybercrime operation in Southeast Asia trapped computer engineers into defrauding victims of billions of dollars. Plus, he discusses the scam involving Fresh Air.
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Scientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life.
