Melissa Torres spent her Valentine’s Day helping to usher new life into the world — in the form of millions of fertilized sea star eggs. A disease killed more than 90% of sunflower sea stars over the last decade, wreaking havoc on the ecosystem Melissa Torres spent her Valentine's Day …
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How documenting the disappearance of the great auk led to the discovery of extinction
In the book, The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction, Gísli Pálsson retraces the journey of two English biologists who went looking for the rare great auk birds in Iceland. What they didn't find is how the world was first introduced …
Read More »The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways
As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat. The BYD Seal is displayed during the launch of the Chinese-made BYD brand in Jakarta on January 18, 2024.Photograph: BAY ISMOYO/Getty Images The US government …
Read More »The US Supreme Court Holds the Future of the Internet in Its Hands
If the court backs provocative laws from Texas and Florida that limit social platforms’ ability to moderate content online, life could become radically different. Photo-illustration: WIRED Staff; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The US Supreme Court seems torn over whether to trigger a radical transformation of the internet. The nation’s highest court …
Read More »Is Italy ready for cricket-powder pizza?
Italy greenlit the sale of insect products late last year, but included strict regulations on supermarket placement and labelling. One chef is already using cricket powder in his pizza. Cricket farmers tout environmental benefits, chefs praise 'elasticity' and nutty taste At the seafront pizzeria La Rambla in Maccarese, Italy, a …
Read More »Bottom-contact fishing banned near rare Central Coast coral reef
The reef, discovered in 2021, is the only live coral reef in Canada's Pacific. The reef, discovered in 2021, is the only live coral reef in Canada's Pacific Federal authorities have closed Canada's only known live coral reef in the Pacific Ocean to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fishing. Fisheries …
Read More »Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against a Group That Found Hate Speech on X Isn’t Going Well
X alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate cost it millions by showing that hate speech was spreading on the platform. In a hearing Thursday, a federal judge sounded skeptical of those claims. The X headquarters in San Francisco in July 2023.Photo-illustration: WIRED Staff; JOSH EDELSON/Getty Images Soon after …
Read More »Here Come the AI Worms
Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way. Photo-illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images As generative AI systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini become more advanced, they are increasingly being put …
Read More »Ontario nuclear plant to produce material for life-saving cancer treatment
Ontario will announce plans Thursday to produce a nuclear medical isotope that forms the essential component in a life-saving treatment for liver cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. Without domestic supply of radioactive isotopes, Ottawa companies have relied on imports to make drug Ontario will announce plans …
Read More »In Hamilton or Niagara on April 8? Here are some of the region’s best solar eclipse viewing parties
There are lots of ways you can view the solar eclipse in Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Six Nations and Niagara — some of the best spots in Canada to view the total eclipse on April 8. There are lots of ways you can view the solar eclipse in Hamilton, Burlington, Six …
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