Science news today spans both the deep past and a high-stakes technological future. In a deal likely to reverberate across the Middle East, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reportedly agreed on a civil nuclear partnership that would bring American reactor technology to the kingdom...
Science news today spans both the deep past and a high-stakes technological future. In a deal likely to reverberate across the Middle East, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reportedly agreed on a civil nuclear partnership that would bring American reactor technology to the kingdom and potentially allow local uranium enrichment, a provision sure to face congressional and nonproliferation scrutiny. In the corporate technology sphere, Amazon is cutting jobs in its AGI research arm, framing the move not as a retreat from artificial intelligence but as a sharper focus on projects with clearer customer impact. Citadel Securities, meanwhile, is expanding in Europe with a new Amsterdam office, underscoring how global finance continues to reposition itself around key regional hubs. And from Australia comes a reminder of science’s longer view: archaeologists say Cloggs Cave preserves evidence of grass-burning rituals practiced by the GunaiKurnai people for some 25,000 years.
Top Science stories
- U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign civil nuclear power deal allowing uranium enrichment (10 sources)
- Amazon cuts jobs in its AI/AGI research unit, citing a refocusing of priorities (4 sources)
- Collingwood considers Sidebottom exit, with Pendlebury or Howe next in veteran reshuffle (3 sources)
- Evidence of 25,000-year grass-burning rituals found in Australian cave (3 sources)
- Napolcom and PNP probe alleged police harassment of photojournalists at Pasay rally (3 sources)
- Special prosecutor dismisses all felony charges against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (3 sources)
- NSW watchdog says tougher planning rules needed for coal mines and data centres (3 sources)
- Missing Pan Am DC-4 flight found after 74 years underwater (2 sources)
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