Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film The Odyssey puts a 21st-century spin on Homer’s epic tale.Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures/Shutterstock In He OdysseyHomer records the first imaginings of autonomous ships guided by what appears to modern readers to be remarkably artificial intelligence. The ships of the Phaeacians, which carry Odysseus home to Ithaca, “know every city, every
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The four Fields Medal recipients are, from left, Hong Wang, Jacob Tsimerman, John Pardon and Yu Deng.Credit: Simons Foundation Mathematicians Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman and Hong Wang won the 2026 Fields Medal, one of the most coveted awards in their discipline. Their names were revealed today at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM)
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International students at American academic institutions will have a maximum of four years to complete their studies unless they are granted an extension.Credit: Cheney Orr/Bloomberg/Getty Reversing a decades-old policy, the U.S. government will soon limit international students to no more than four years in the United States unless they can obtain an extension from the
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Michael Kratsios, US President Donald Trump’s chief science adviser, released a report this week that reinvents how science is funded in the country. Credit: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Washington D.C. It was a big week for science in US President Donald Trump’s administration. On Tuesday, the president’s chief scientific adviser, Michael Kratsios, released a report
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A bacterial enzyme that indiscriminately cuts DNA (artist’s illustration) has been harnessed to kill cancer cells. Credit: KTSDesign/Scientific Photo Library Scientists have exploited a peculiar CRISPR enzyme to fight cancer by shredding the DNA of cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct. The enzyme can be programmed to recognize a specific messenger RNA, such as that
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