On this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we break down some of the week's best stories, covering everything from Peter Thiel's ...

Strange glass strewn across southern Australia appears to be from a mystery asteroid impact 11 million years ago.

The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.

Genie 3, Google DeepMind’s world model launched in August, converts text prompts into interactive digital worlds. Tell Genie ...

CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists recreated these eerie, worm-like movements under Martian conditions. The ...

You probably haven’t leaned down to get a good sniff of an ant — that’d be weird. But those who can smell ants don’t need to get so close. Discover why only some people can smell ants, learn what they ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. Could Tylenol, one of the most ubiquitous medicines in the U.S., be linked to some cases of autism spectrum disorder when ...

Marvel has crazy storylines & universes, but some are too weird for cinema. Here are 5 universes you won't see on the big screen! Trump Makes Announcement Against Taliban NFL World Was in Disbelief ...

NBA superstar LeBron James addressed his strange relationship with rapper Drake during a sit-down with ‘Complex’ on Thursday. It’s been at least one year since James has referenced Drake publicly, but ...

Mr. Schulman is the editor of The New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology & Society. He has written extensively about science reform. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the new director of the National Institutes of ...

We’ve all experienced common issues like headaches, vision changes, nausea, stomach pain, and mouth sores. These don’t tend to cause us much worry because they’re usually symptoms of benign issues ...