A mock job advertisement that has done the rounds recently calls for a “killswitch engineer” for OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. The description requires the successful applicant to stand by servers all day ...

The State agency responsible for running air traffic control in the Republic was not informed of the presence of drones on the approach to Dublin Airport on the night Ukrainian president Volodymyr ...

A year ago, the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee put the Space Force on notice. The service, they said, was putting too much focus on its operators and not enough on its acquisitions ...

Viruses typically aren’t considered ‘alive,’ as many core biological functions are outsourced to their potential hosts. But a newly discovered organism appears to straddle the line between virus and ...

With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system—and make contact. Propelled to a fifth the speed of light by a laser beam more ...