Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five powerful psychedelic compounds normally found in other plants, fungi and animals in a single crop. They argue that using plants to manufacture ...

Matt is a sicko for retro FPS games, fighting games, Metroidvanias, roguelikes, and RPGs. Some of his current favorite games include the Final Fantasy series, Street Fighter 6, Slay the Spire, Path of ...

When movie stars are no longer people we aspire to look like, does it spell the end of Hollywood’s cultural power? Once upon a time in Hollywood, if you were an actor preparing to walk the red carpet ...

NEW ORLEANS -- A new study reported here probably won't end controversy over whether Major League Baseball's "pitch clock" is causing more injuries, but it certainly provides food for thought. No ...

Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass secretly altered the official Palisades Fire response report to downplay the failures made by the city and fire department when the deadly blaze erupted, a new ...

Ring has launched a new tool that can tell you if a video clip captured by its camera has been altered or not. The company says that every video downloaded from Ring starting in December 2025 going ...

Elon Musk's Grok, the chatbot developed by his company xAI, acknowledged "lapses in safeguards" on the AI platform that allowed users to generate digitally altered, sexualized photos of minors. The ...

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The digital age has fundamentally reshaped childhood, making screens an integral part of learning, socialization, and entertainment. Globally, screen time among adolescents has surged, accelerated by ...

An AI-altered version of The Wizard of Oz created for the Las Vegas Sphere has ignited backlash online, with film fans describing the changes as “vandalism.” As generative AI slowly creeps its way ...

Circadian rhythms regulate the sleep-wake cycle, hormone secretion, metabolism, immune responses, and even patterns of eating and digestion. They help preserve genomic stability, control the cell ...

U.S. President Donald Trump appears during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House (Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The Trump White House mocked California Rep. Jimmy Gomez on its X ...