A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu.

Researchers are still studying samples of Ryugu collected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency from its Hayabusa2 mission. After the first papers focused on the composition ...

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...

Strands Agents is a simple yet powerful SDK that takes a model-driven approach to building and running AI agents. From simple conversational assistants to complex autonomous workflows, from local ...

A Houston-area parent is suing state officials, accusing them of religious discrimination for barring Islamic schools from participating in Texas’ private school voucher program. The plaintiff, Mehdi ...

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks ...

As Newark grapples with extreme heat, chronic flooding and some of the lowest tree canopy coverage in the region, city officials are asking residents to help design solutions for their own ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 9 (UPI) --Rescue operations at a two-block residential building in northern Tripoli ended Monday after 15 people were killed and eight injured in the second such incident in two ...

The US FDA has begun accepting applications for its pilot PreCheck program, which is designed to ease the process for pharma companies to build new manufacturing facilities in the US. The program is ...

SEATTLE — A large demonstration shut down traffic Saturday at the intersection of Broadway and East Pine Street in Capitol Hill before protesters marched on downtown's Henry M. Jackson Federal ...