New Horizons Newsroom 2026

The answer to our questions about AI might be to keep asking questions Artificial intelligence is everywhere today: writing emails, transcribing notes for medical records, and making self-driving cars a reality. “I can’t go to a dinner party where...

Rubin’s huge eye could help defend Earth, but satellites are getting in the way Early data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which began its 10-year survey of the southern sky in June, has already turned up a new dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way and thousands...

Will Oregon cities be prepared for the Big One? Pay attention to the Big One. That was the message that Diego Melgar delivered to science writers attending a conference in Corvallis, Oregon, Sept. 27. The audience gasped as they...

Tiny particles make big ripples After a long, dry summer in Oregon, the first fall rains come as a relief to most. But to salmon, they can be a death sentence. In the early 2000s, scientists began noticing large ...

The sky belongs to everyone now, thanks to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Humans have been admiring the night sky since the earliest days of prehistory, searching for things they could not yet name. Now an observatory on a Chilean mountaintop is opening ...

A journalist who focuses on Indigenous knowledge — and solutions As Lyric Aquino walked up to the stage at Oregon State University Sept. 27, earrings crafted from elk teeth, dentalium, and crystals dangled from her ears. She wore white moccasins...

Q&A with Juan Gilbert: How artificial intelligence could be used for social good Concerns about artificial intelligence are growing amid rapid development of the technology. But Juan Gilbert, distinguished professor at the University of Florida, believes AI and...

Microscopic plastics: A growing health concern for human health? Plastic has become so synonymous with modern life it’s hard to imagine a world without it. Plastics are in the clothing you wear and the vehicles you drive – and in human blood...