Houston's Homegrown Elephant Shot Gives Calves a Fighting Chance
An mRNA vaccine developed by the Houston Zoo and Baylor College of Medicine appears to help elephants fight a deadly herpesvirus, with early successes at Cincinnati and other U.S. zoos. If trials hold up, the shot could cut juvenile elephant deaths worldwide.
SF AI Firm Anthropic Says It Thwarted China-Backed AI Spy Blitz
Anthropic says it disrupted an AI‑orchestrated espionage campaign that used Claude Code to probe about 30 organizations. The company traced the activity to a China‑linked actor and says only a small number of intrusions succeeded.
REPORT: UC San Diego Freshmen Arriving With 4.0s Can't Round Numbers or Add Single Digits
Twenty-five percent of UC San Diego's remedial math students couldn't solve "7 + 2 = _ + 6" on a placement test. Most had taken calculus in high school and earned A's, revealing a collapse in academic standards that has university faculty sounding the alarm.
Rare Northern Lights Spectacle Illuminates St. Louis Skies Amid Severe Geomagnetic Storm
The Northern Lights were visible over St. Louis due to a severe G4 geomagnetic storm. Optimal viewing was in areas with low light pollution. NOAA warned of infrastructure risks due to the storm, and another potential G3 storm was forecasted.
New York Cracks Down on AI as Governor Hochul Enforces User Safety Regulations Amid Self-Harm Concerns
NY Governor Hochul implements new AI interaction safety regulations, requiring crisis intervention protocols and regular reminders to users that they are engaging with AI.












