Vibe Coding Is Ecommerce’s New Excel
Relying on AI-generated software can make ecommerce operators nervous until they realize the process is a bit like using a spreadsheet. The term “vibe coding” describes an AI-first approach to …
US tariff and shipping policy changes: Navigating the end of the de minimis exemption
On August 29, 2025, the US government suspended the de minimis exemption for goods imported from all countries. This exemption previously allowed international shipments valued under $800 to enter the …
<em>Erin Brockovich</em> toxic metal detected in air after LA fires
The unusually tiny particles of hexavalent chromium could pose a health hazard despite low levels, researchers say
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, is the U.S. better prepared?
In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast. The storm cut a deadly swath through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, deluging coastal towns as surges of ocean water …
NASA finds Titan’s alien lakes may be creating primitive cells
NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is the only world apart from Earth that is known …
Bespoke brain implant gives long-term relief from chronic pain
Deep brain stimulation is already used to treat Parkinson’s disease Living Art Enterprises/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A brain implant that detects when someone is in pain and responds with deep brain …
AI enters the grant game, picking winners
Funders test algorithms to spot promising science, raising hopes of faster reviews—and fears of bias
Horses may have become rideable with the help of a genetic mutation
Two key gene variants may have made early domesticated horses more tame and more physically resilient to bearing a rider, researchers report August 28 in Science. The resulting horses were …
A monster seaweed bloom is taking over the Atlantic
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have released a landmark review tracing four decades of changes in pelagic sargassum – free-floating brown seaweed that plays a vital …
Spacecraft used to forecast solar storm 15 hours before it hit Earth
Solar storms pose a threat to electronic systems on Earth Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA. We may one day be able to forecast powerful solar storms capable of devastating Earth’s electronics …