In Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Conference Papers, a research team affiliated with UNIST reports a new AI technology ...

A steady stream of water flows over a curb as firefighters work on extinguishing a fire at Unity House’s Kathryn Allen Building in Troy on Sunday. Firefighters work on extinguishing a fire at Unity ...

Japanese researchers develop an adaptive robot motion system that enables human-like grasping using minimal training data.

A few days ago I realized with a shock that Advent was nearly over. I’d yet to get a tree, and I hadn’t even begun to hunt through the house for my nativity scene. I’d been so preoccupied with ...

New framework syncs robot lip movements with speech, supporting 11+ languages and enhancing humanlike interaction.

The political point scoring that has erupted after the terror attack last week is unusual in Australia, where leaders tend to unite after catastrophes. By Yan Zhuang ...

As Zohran Mamdani prepares to be inaugurated as the city’s next mayor, Muslim New Yorkers say his victory represents more than a historic first. Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City’s next mayor ...

Zohran Mamdani is poised to be sworn in as New York City’s next mayor on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 — the culmination of a political campaign that propelled a socialist to power in the economic epicenter ...

The New Mexico attorney general should clarify whether gun dealers are required to enforce a seven-day delay for firearm purchases as a legal challenge over the wait continues, a Republican state ...

As we enjoy ourselves through the festive season, many will already be planning a detox in the new year: cutting back on screentime, perhaps, or abstaining from alcohol. Recently, I wondered whether ...

I disagree with the anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, bitterly reactionary right-wing pundit Matt Walsh about basically everything, so I was surprised to come across a post of his that precisely sums up ...

Welcome to 2026! Or, well, I hope the new year feels welcome. I’m writing this column solidly still in 2025, where things are bleak but not hopeless. Yes, our state government seems determined to ...