Can AI chatbots really help police the flood of AI-made faces online? A University at Buffalo-led team put that idea to the test, asking multimodal models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini to spot AI-generated images, then weighing their promise against…
For nineteen years, I stayed in the same job, repeating a routine I knew by heart. It was stable, and it covered what needed covering, which is how I justified the sense of dread that came with it. I didn’t love the…
I never cared much for team sports, but track always felt like mine. I loved how clean it was, how it rewarded what I could control. I trusted my speed and my quickness, and that confidence followed me through high school meets.…
A small change at a small park in Manhattan set off an outsized reaction this week, after the Trump administration stopped flying a rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument. For many LGBTQ+ advocates, the removal read less like routine housekeeping and more…
Near the end of 2025, The Trevor Project, widely recognized for operating a crisis hotline serving LGBTQ+ young people, received a $45 million donation from billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The organization described the contribution as the largest in its history,…
For years, the world’s longevity story moved with a steady, reassuring rhythm: forward. The broad arc of global estimates up to 2019 confirms what many public health observers had been watching for decades, a gradual extension of human life that felt, in…
In Pyongyang, North Korea has begun its most consequential political gathering, an event that typically signals where leader Kim Jong Un intends to steer the country at home and abroad over the next five years. The Workers’ Party Congress, the state’s premier…
For a second consecutive week, the UK’s home entertainment audience has kept its focus trained on one place: the bustling, fur-and-feather metropolis of Zootropolis. Walt Disney’s Zootropolis 2 remains at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart, extending its run at the…
Abu Dhabi’s real estate scene ended 2025 with its strongest showing to date, underpinned by steady demand and growing confidence from a wide mix of buyers. Across the year, total transaction value reached Dh142 billion, generated through more than 42,800 deals, a…
Bread comes in every familiar form, from tangy sourdough to soft white sandwich slices and hearty rye. Recently, though, another term has started circulating in conversations about food testing: “glyphosate bread.” It is not a product category you can find printed on…
