Trump Calls Intel CEO a ‘Success’ After Demanding Resignation
Trump Calls Intel CEO a ‘Success’ After Demanding Resignation Summary Just days after publicly calling for Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign over past ties to China, President Trump met…
The Dead Need Right To Delete Their Data So They Can’t Be AI-ified, Lawyer Says
The Dead Need Right To Delete Their Data So They Can’t Be AI-ified, Lawyer Says Summary Legal scholar Victoria Haneman argues for a time-limited legal right allowing estates to delete…
Jellyfish Swarm Forces French Nuclear Plant To Shut
Jellyfish Swarm Forces French Nuclear Plant To Shut Summary The Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France temporarily shut down after a “massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish” clogged its…
LLMs’ ‘Simulated Reasoning’ Abilities Are a ‘Brittle Mirage,’ Researchers Find
LLMs’ ‘Simulated Reasoning’ Abilities Are a ‘Brittle Mirage,’ Researchers Find Summary Researchers summarised in a recent preprint (University of Arizona; arXiv:2508.01191) argue that chain-of-thought (CoT) LLMs do not genuinely perform…
Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Tops 100 Satellites
Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Tops 100 Satellites Summary After four weather-related delays, Amazon launched 24 more Project Kuiper internet satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, bringing the Kuiper constellation to 102…
Electrolyte Highway Breakthrough Unlocks Affordable Low-Temperature Hydrogen Fuel
Electrolyte Highway Breakthrough Unlocks Affordable Low-Temperature Hydrogen Fuel Summary Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) electrolyte that delivers high proton conductivity at just 300°C —…
Daily briefing: Political officials could control US federal science grants
Summary This Nature Briefing (11 August 2025) highlights a new executive order from US President Donald Trump that could shift control of federal science grant decisions from peer-review panels to…
Study how screen time affects circadian rhythms
Study how screen time affects circadian rhythms Summary This correspondence in Nature highlights associations between excessive screen time and disturbances to sleep and circadian rhythms. The authors cite evidence linking…
Europe must safeguard climate data following NASA cuts
Europe must safeguard climate data following NASA cuts Summary By Bernard Pinty and Jean-Noël Thépaut. The authors warn that US President Trump’s 2026 budget proposal — which calls for roughly…
Organs on chips could make biomedical research more equitable
Organs on chips could make biomedical research more equitable Summary This correspondence argues that organ-on-a-chip technology — microfluidic systems that culture cells to mimic human physiology — can reduce reliance…