Python hunters captured 8,000 pounds of snake. Meet their leader

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade ...
Scientific American

AI scores a ‘C–’ on its hardest math test yet

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.
Yahoo

The science around GLP-1 drugs and cancer is suddenly getting a lot more interesting

The story of GLP-1 drugs keeps getting bigger. First they transformed the treatment of diabetes. Then they upended the science - and culture - of weight loss. Now a growing body of research is raising ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Data breach affects schools using Canvas; University of Illinois postpones final exams, assignments

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Universities and schools K-12 across the country, including the University of Illinois and Illinois State University, have been impacted by a massive data breach targeting a system ...
Penn Live

Huge data center gets approvals in Middlesex Township — a likely legal challenge, too

Middlesex Township supervisors gave several important approvals to the Pax-1 Data Center outside Carlisle Wednesday night. But a possible legal hurdle to the project - south central Pennsylvania’s ...
Popular Science

Scientists sacrifice delicious opossums to fight Florida’s invasive pythons

🛍️ Amazon Prime Day: The best deals chosen by our editors 🛍️ By Andrew Paul Published Apr 22, 2026 1:44 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred ...
CBS News

Data centers could spur a utility spending spree, report finds. Here's the impact.

U.S. utility companies are planning to invest $1.4 trillion over the next five years to update the nation's ailing power grid as the data center boom intensifies the need for electricity. That's ...
CNBC

Indian mobile giant Airtel raises $1 billion for data centers from Carlyle, other PE firms

Global private‑equity firms Alpha Wave, Carlyle and Anchorage Capital are backing the $1 billion fundraise for the Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel's data center unit. Nxtra has around 300MW of ...
Purdue University

Master of Science in Data Science

Purdue University's online Master's in Data Science will mold the next generation of data science experts and data engineers to help meet unprecedented industry demand for skilled employees. The ...
Ars Technica

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?

Editor's note: This is the first of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions of orbital data centers. Although the idea of putting data ...
CNBC

Nvidia announces Vera Rubin Space-1 chip system for orbital AI data centers

Nvidia announced chips that will be used for space missions at the GTC 2026 AI conference. Orbital data centers have been an increasingly popular proposition as AI demand tests Earth's energy ...