The Crime Involved Trash Bags. But it Wasn’t a Mob Caper.
Prosecutors say a city official on Jeju Island in South Korea stole more than $400,000 by pocketing the sale of government-issued trash bags that cost as little as 7 cents each.
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Teen AI Chatbot Usage Sparks Mental Health and Regulation Concerns
December 11, 2025 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Teen AI Chatbot Use Surges, Raising Mental Health Concerns A new survey offers the clearest national snapshot yet of how U.S. teens are using artificial intelligence By Eric Sullivan edited by Claire Cameron MR.Cole_Photographer / Getty Images Artificial intelligence chatbots are no longer a…
Army vs. Navy prediction, odds, spread: 2025 picks from proven model
The Army Black Knights battle the Navy Midshipmen in the 126th edition of the Army-Navy Game. It will be the first meeting in Baltimore since 2016. The winner will come away with the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy, with both teams registering wins over Air Force this season. Army (6-5, 4-4 American), who tied for sixth in the…
Nous Research just released Nomos 1, an open-source AI that ranks second on the notoriously brutal Putnam math exam
Nous Research, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup, released on Tuesday an open-source mathematical reasoning system called Nomos 1 that achieved near-elite human performance on this year’s William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, one of the most prestigious and notoriously difficult undergraduate math contests in the world. The Putnam is known for its difficulty: While a…
Lauren Gottlieb performs Grah Pooja as she moves into her new Mumbai home, calls it an invitation for “peace and gratitude”
Actress and global dance sensation Lauren Gottlieb has stepped into a new phase of her life, and she’s done it in the most heartfelt way. Moving into her new home in Mumbai, Lauren chose to mark this joyous milestone by performing a traditional Grah Pooja, grounding the moment in positivity, blessings, and spiritual grace. Lauren’s…
Stock market today: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 11, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Futures tied to Dow Jones Industrial Average were higher Friday after strong gains in value areas of the market pushed both the 30-stock index and the S&P 500 to fresh records. Dow…
For 2 Hours, a Soccer Match Offers Palestinians a Rarity: Joy
The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.
Qubits break quantum limit to encode information for longer
Quantum particles can now be made to carry useful information for longer koto_feja/Getty Images The odd phenomenon of quantum superposition has helped researchers break a fundamental quantum mechanical limit – and given quantum objects properties that make them useful for quantum computing for longer periods of time. For a century, physicists have been puzzled by…
High school basketball: Thursday’s boys’ and girls’ scores
THURSDAY’S RESULTS BOYS CITY SECTION AMIT 49, Central City Value 43 Animo Venice 45, New Designs Watts 44 Animo Watts 66, Animo Pat Brown 42 East College Prep 42, Rise Kohyang 39 LA University 73, Bravo 65 Panorama 48, Magnolia Science Academy 14 Stern 65, CNDLC 50 USC Hybrid 37, New Designs University Park 27…
European Film Streamer Sooner, Cannes Critics’ Week Unveil Partnership
France-based streaming platform Sooner and Critics’ Week have announced a new partnership bolstering the parallel Cannes section’s Next Step program, which supports directors as they move onto their first feature-length film. The new partnership was announced as the latest round of Next Step participants arrive in Paris for meetings with producers and sales agents about…