A pair of recent studies examined why sophisticated levels of consciousness evolved in some animals, but not in others. In the first study, philosophers outlined the ALARM theory that shows how three ...

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How is AI and data leadership at large organizations being transformed by the accelerating pace of AI adoption? Do these leaders’ mandates need to change? And should overseeing AI and data be viewed ...

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman (right) speaks Nov. 20, 2025, in a fireside chat with Stephen Kitay, vice president of space defense at True Anomaly. Credit: Center for Strategic and ...

Agentic AI systems need a deep understanding of where they are, what they know, and the constraints that apply. Context engineering provides the foundation. Enterprises have spent the past two years ...

The comedy film No Sex Please – We’re British was released in 1973 with a largely youthful cast and one too many double entendres. Half a century later, that title seems more apt than ever, at least ...

Before Sunday night’s Senate vote cleared the way for legislation that would end the longest government shutdown in history, you got the sense the it would either be resolved quickly or extend into ...

You need to calm down. Taylor Swift didn’t receive any nominations for the forthcoming 2026 Grammy Awards because her latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” doesn’t qualify. The annual award show ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to greatly shape twenty-first century prosperity and security—but only if it can be trusted. The ...

It often pays for retirees to put money into CDs. I'm not close to retirement, so I'm more focused on stocks these days. CDs are a good option when saving for near-term goals, not long-term ones.

The era of single-vector threats is behind us. That was Aerial Defense 1.0, when defenses were designed for ballistic missiles tracked by radar and defeated by linear kill webs. Threats came one at a ...

Functions are the building blocks of Python programming. They let you organize your code, reduce repetition, and make your programs more readable and reusable. Whether you’re writing small scripts or ...