Last time, we discussed the limitations and side effects of "punishment," which temporarily suppresses problem behavior.

New research shows that bursts of transposable element activity in ant genomes after the dinosaur extinction fueled the ...

The "ultimate doomsday (human extinction/civilization collapse) scenarios" discussed from scientific and man-made perspectives are mainly consolidated into the following four complex and worst-case ...

A seemingly quiet stretch of murky water suddenly erupts as a giant crocodile pushes toward the bank. Its enormous head and ...

Astronomers have observed the longest-lasting central engine activity ever recorded from a gamma-ray burst. The burst occurred at a redshift of 0.8577, and the activity lasted about 27 days in the ...

Earth was hit by a huge burst of gamma rays originating from a star nearly 2 billion lightyears away, according to the European Space Agency. The gamma ray burst caused a disturbance in Earth's ...

Analysis - Over the weekend the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, published an essay with the headline We Must Pace the Frontier.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he has no concerns about AI leading to human extinction and instead emphasized staying ahead of China. Insiders at OpenAI and Anthropic have stepped up public warnings ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In a series of posts Tuesday night, AI researcher Jacob Coxon said he ...

Despite humanity's distinct self-perception when compared to every other form of life on the planet, we remain subject to nature's fundamental rules. One specialist has said all living things on Earth ...