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A Los Angeles-area startup is using artificial intelligence and robotics in an unlikely way: making sashimi and other fish dishes taste better, last longer and more humane.

El Segundo, California-based Shinkei Systems ...Read more

We call an overnight flight from coast to coast "the red eye" because its passengers disembark with bleary, irritated eyes from lack of sleep. Such ocular fatigue also provides the origin of the term "graveyard shift."

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It's a safe bet that when I open a product from Sennheiser, the sound quality is top-notch. So it shouldn't come as a surprise when I say their new Accentum Open true wireless earbuds are a winner for a variety of ...Read more

Most weeks, just when I’m wondering what I’ll write about, a topic will find me.

I got a call yesterday from my brother. It was midday, and we were both at work.

Our phone calls are usually later at night, so I ...Read more

What does a scientist look like?

A bright-eyed intellectual donning a white lab coat and goggles? Often, yes. But these days, they could take on the look of a stack of computer servers softly humming away in an air ...Read more

DETROIT — On a recent morning downtown, Eric Allison hopped into the backseat of a sleek six-propeller air taxi and began to explain his company's vision for the future of transportation.

Imagine pulling up your Uber ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Leaving the sink on for hours or forgetting to turn off the shower in a Bellagio hotel room doesn’t waste even a fraction of the water that the resort’s air-conditioning system does.

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In the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the research arm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a robust if little-known California agency known as the Office of Environmental Health Hazard ...Read more

On July 30th, 1733, the first Freemasons lodge was opened in what would become the United States.

Apple is trying to bring machine learning to Motor City.

The smartphone giant opened its Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit on Tuesday to offer free workshops on artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing to ...Read more

The Interior Department is taking additional steps to enable oil and gas drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, revoking Biden-era documents that called for expanding "Special Areas" that receive extra ...Read more

Microsoft Corp. is in advanced talks to land a deal that could give it ongoing access to critical OpenAI technology, an agreement that would remove a major obstacle to the startup’s efforts to become a for-profit ...Read more

Off the western coast of the United Kingdom, conservationists attached some bait to an underwater camera, dropped the contraption to the seabed and waited. When they eventually watched the footage, it left them stunned.

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Wakeboats in surfing mode should operate in at least 20 feet of water to avoid stirring up sediment in a way that’s harmful to water quality, according to a study by the University of Minnesota.

The study, made public ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- When it comes to meteor showers, the Perseids pop. It's not just about the quantity of meteors (as many as 100 per hour) and their showy quality (fireballs!) but also their superb timing.

The annual shower ...Read more

During severe thunderstorms, rising air shoots icy pellets the size of Dippin’ Dots ice cream into the bitter cold of upper atmospheric layers. There, supercooled water freezes onto the small particles to form hail, ...Read more