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An experimental art installation with an AI Jesus entitled, Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter's Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

‘AI Jesus’ avatar tests man’s faith in machines and the divine

An experimental art installation with an AI Jesus entitled, Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter's Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

November 28, 2024, 11:23am Business

Would you trust an “AI Jesus” with your innermost thoughts and troubles? Read story

Blood vessels in a portion of the human small intestine.

Scientists map out human cells

Blood vessels in a portion of the human small intestine.

November 26, 2024, 6:10am Life

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Read story

Meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streaking across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, in Tucson, Ariz.

Shining a light on dark energy

Meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streaking across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, in Tucson, Ariz.

November 26, 2024, 5:46am Life

Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought. Read story

FILE - The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York.

One Tech Tip: How to get started with Bluesky

FILE - The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York.

November 21, 2024, 8:12am Business

Looking for a new social media platform because X, Threads and Mastodon just aren’t cutting it? You could try Bluesky. Read story

FILE - Evening rush hour traffic fills Highway 50, Jan. 26, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif.

US to add features such as blind spot warnings and pedestrian detection to vehicle crash ratings

FILE - Evening rush hour traffic fills Highway 50, Jan. 26, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif.

November 19, 2024, 8:51am Business

The U.S. government’s automobile safety ratings will get a major update starting with the 2026 model year when regulators add new driver-assistance technologies and tests for protecting pedestrians. Read story

Science teacher Jill Cole, left, looks on as junior Bailey Fling, 16, tries out the prosthetic leg she created during her careers in science class at La Center High School on Thursday morning.

La Center High School students create prosthetic legs in class on careers in science

Science teacher Jill Cole, left, looks on as junior Bailey Fling, 16, tries out the prosthetic leg she created during her careers in science class at La Center High School on Thursday morning.

November 19, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

A La Center High School teacher challenged her students to design and engineer a working prosthetic leg out of everyday materials. Read story

FILE - The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York.

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

FILE - The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York.

November 18, 2024, 7:38am Business

Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it remains small compared to established online spaces such as X, it has emerged as an alternative for those looking… Read story

Far side of moon had erupting volcanoes millions of years ago

November 18, 2024, 6:02am Life

Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, new research confirms. Read story

SpaceX knocks out another Space Coast launch

November 14, 2024, 9:30am Life

SpaceX kept the launch machine rolling with another Starlink mission from the Space Coast on Thursday morning. Read story

This undated photo provided by Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, shows a mystery mollusc (Bathydevius caudactylus) observed by MBARI's remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Tiburon in the outer Monterey Canyon at a depth of approximately 1,550 meters.

California researchers discover mysterious, gelatinous new sea slug

This undated photo provided by Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, shows a mystery mollusc (Bathydevius caudactylus) observed by MBARI's remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Tiburon in the outer Monterey Canyon at a depth of approximately 1,550 meters.

November 13, 2024, 2:57pm Life

More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it is a new species of sea slug. Read story