Campaigns used deepfakes to connect with voters rather than deception, and AI also helped them break through language barriers.
Underwater construction is a complex and difficult task, but engineers have developed several ways to build underwater ……
Scientists don’t often have the time to get all their equipment set up to study incoming meteors from space. Instead,…
Increasingly, the media, pollsters and pundits are focusing on independent voters and their effects on election outcomes.
In the 2020 presidential election, groups of self-appointed electors in seven states met to cast votes for Donald Trump,…
By relying heavily on privately run organizations to deliver social services, the government employs fewer people, reducing…
An information scientist explains that while Google’s AI Overviews and other AI search tools may look enticing, you shouldn’t…
Collaborative research by archaeologists, environmental scientists and tribal elders combines science and Indigenous knowledge…
An interstellar probe could help scientists answer fundamental questions about how the Sun influences Earth, space and other…
The number of patients prescribed hormonal therapy plummeted after 2002, due to findings experts have since questioned.…
The Pop-Tart teaches an entrepreneurial lesson: While first movers may have an advantage, a fast follower often wins the…
A new database of AI tools could help social scientists revolutionize the way they do their research, from scanning large…
The story of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is no longer one of annihilation; it also includes the people who managed to…
Romantic attraction is driven by a complex set of factors, including who people grow up around and what is familiar and…
Are concerns about Supreme Court justices’ ethics an old problem, a new one, political gamesmanship, or something more…
Increased mistrust of the US medical profession and higher mortality rates are two consequences of the lack of Black doctors.
AI has learned the ins and outs of proteins. Gene editing gives scientists control of life’s molecular machinery. Together…
For a more nuanced view, dig beneath the numbers that make the news.