A bill with broad bipartisan support aims to take on AI-generated sexual abuse, but enforcement issues and privacy blind…
Basic research that doesn’t have a specific industrial or experimental application still adds value outside the lab by…
Engineers came up with a set of tests to make sure reclaimed asphalt pavement resists skidding and sliding when wet.
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The legal, political and public health consequences of the largest Salmonella outbreak in the US underscore the importance…
An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more fuel-efficient…
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NASA’s Curiosity rover has spotted carbon-containing minerals that can tell scientists more about what ancient Mars’…
The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.
President Trump’s sudden cuts to hard-won federal grants are disrupting research and forcing scientists to face difficult…
A lot of sophisticated digital plumbing goes into delivering that streaming video to your phone, computer or TV.
A global study seeks insights into what helps people feel happy, healthy and satisfied – and what holds them back.
New research uses firefly flashing patterns to identify species and what they’re communicating.
Today’s radar technology can detect the minute movements when your heart beats or you take a breath. Machine learning…
AIs are notoriously opaque, even to the people who build them, which makes it hard to know why they fail. A new tool aims…
By listening to a frog call, adult bats can tell which prey are palatable and which are poisonous. Young bats must acquire…
Vets use acupuncture to treat health problems in animals large and small, particularly to manage pain and reduce inflammation.…
Since 1971, the US has led the world in funding cancer research and developing new treatments that have driven down death…
It’s extremely difficult to see how forces in a pile of sand are distributed between individual grains – a new experimental…