Age gates can be staggeringly counterproductive, pushing kids to darker corners of the web. Closing loopholes will only make ...

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But I can’t help thinking that pet loss in childhood might be different. It’s often the first time a child confronts death.

In this age of rising electricity demand, people are trying to squeeze every last bit of power out of every power plant ...

C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects more than 5 million people around the world. And until now, no treatment could ...

A single paper on the notion that gender dysphoria can spread among young people helped galvanize an anti-trans movement. When Jay told his mom he was bisexual at 14, she was supportive. But when he ...

DARPA is funding a redoubled effort to develop a shelf-stable substitute for what field medics and trauma doctors need most: ...

Today’s LLMs are engineered to disobey dangerous requests. But AI refusal is far from foolproof—and could become an ...

The company is building charging infrastructure and leasing its vehicles to help boost EV adoption in Rwanda and Kenya.

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Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined Australia in restricting minors from accessing social media—barring ...