Atlas humanoid robot looks more ready than ever for the workplace

CES 2026 Read and watch our complete CES coverage here Updated less than 1 hour ago Boston Dynamics is showcasing its remarkable Atlas humanoid robot at CES 2026 in Las Vegas this week, and footage of ...

Elephant Robotics Celebrates Innovations and Global Achievements in Robotics for 2025

Elephant Robotics closed 2025 with major product launches, expanded global presence, and growing adoption of its robotic solutions across industries. SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG, CHINA, December 31, 2025 ...

How animals have been used for espionage from Hvaldimir the roving Russian whale to American 'bat bombs' and a 'spy squirrel' unit caught behind enemy lines

The first time animals are believed to have been used was after German pharmacist Julius Neubronner developed the pigeon ...
Ars Technica

Scientists built an AI co-pilot for prosthetic bionic hands

Modern bionic hand prostheses nearly match their natural counterparts when it comes to dexterity, degrees of freedom, and capability. And many amputees who tried advanced bionic hands apparently ...
KSL

University of Utah engineers build bionic hand with an AI brain

SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah engineers have given a bionic hand a mind of its own. Post-doctoral researcher Marshall Trout said a large percentage of amputees who get bionic hands — maybe 20% ...
CNN

Just how monogamous are humans? Scientists break down how we compare with other animals

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...
Inc

This Startup Is Building AI Chips Like the Human Brain. It’s Nearing a $1 Billion Fundraise

On Monday, Andreessen Horowitz announced that it would be investing an unprecedented $475 million into an AI company called Unconventional, co-founded by Naveen Rao, the former Vice President of AI at ...
Oregonian

Dear Doctor: Is the ivermectin prescribed for humans the same med my dog takes?

DEAR DR. ROACH: In several of your columns, either you or a reader has brought up the subject of ivermectin as a treatment for infections or cancer. Is this the same ivermectin that is in my dog’s ...
Live Science

'An extreme end of human genetic variation': Ancient humans were isolated in southern Africa for nearly 100,000 years, and their genetics are stunningly different

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...
TechCrunch

Amazon releases an impressive new AI chip and teases an Nvidia-friendly roadmap

Amazon Web Services, which has been building its own AI training chips for years now, just introduced a new version known as Trainium3 that comes with some impressive specs. The cloud provider, which ...
The Conversation

Google is relying on its own chips for its AI system Gemini. Here’s why that’s a seismic change for the industry

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