Luis Martinez was on his way to work on a frigid Minneapolis morning when federal agents suddenly boxed him in, forcing the SUV he was driving to a dead stop in the middle of the street. Masked agents ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

“I just need you to validate my feelings.” It's a phrase therapists, partners, and friends hear constantly—and it reveals something fascinating about our cultural moment. Validation has become the ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

It’s a well-worn adage of the Internet age: people often aren’t what they seem to be online. But until recently, you could at least be assured that they were people. Now, though, “chatfishing,” a new ...

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone ...

On September 7, the moon will turn a coppery red during an 82-minute eclipse, one of the most widely seen celestial shows of the decade. A coppery moon glows above Waterton Lakes National Park in ...

Dr. McBain studies policies and technologies that serve vulnerable populations. On any given night, countless teenagers confide in artificial intelligence chatbots — sharing their loneliness, anxiety ...

Long-form content used to get a bad rap. Writers feared no one would read it. Marketers worried attention spans were too short. The assumption was simple: shorter content wins. But the data and ...

The European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission utilizes two spacecraft to create an artificial solar eclipse, enabling observation of the Sun's corona, which is typically obscured by the Sun's brightness ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — YouTube videos that won’t load. A visit to a popular independent media website that produces only a blank page. Cellphone internet connections that are down for hours or days.

Despite an uptick in viral videos and trending posts claiming a "once-in-a-century" celestial event on Saturday, August 2, 2025, there is no solar eclipse visible from the United States on that date, ...