Evolution is at work in computers as well as life sciences
Artificial intelligence research owes a lot to biology and chemistry.
October 16, 2018
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Technology
How scientists are fighting infection-causing biofilms
Smooth surfaces often provide nooks and crannies for bacteria to hold onto and create a colony. New research with nanoparticles…
October 16, 2018
543
Eating royal poop improves parenting in naked mole-rats
Worker naked mole-rats take care of their colony's young even though they aren't the pups' actual parents. New…
October 15, 2018
516
Why is it fun to be frightened?
Visiting a haunted house or watching a horror movie can be terrifying and enjoyable at the same time. A sociologist explains…
October 12, 2018
514
Solving the mystery of the wimpy supernova
A massive star, with a radius 500 times that of our sun, exploded. But the supernova fizzled – it was weak and dim. Figuring…
October 11, 2018
568
Giant mosquitoes flourish in floodwaters that hurricanes leave behind
Yes, giant mosquitoes are a thing. They're specialized to wait out the dry times only to emerge from their eggs when…
October 11, 2018
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Organic farming with gene editing: An oxymoron or a tool for sustainable agriculture?
Is gene editing compatible with organic farming? A scholar explains the differences between old genetic engineering and…
October 10, 2018
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Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome
Just because you don't have the flu doesn't mean that your aren't teeming with viruses inside and out. But what…
October 9, 2018
562
Could villains clone themselves to take over the world?
A scientist explains how researchers use cloning in the lab and what is the difference between cloning a gene versus cloning…
October 8, 2018
498
Why more women don't win science Nobels
Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back…
October 5, 2018
578
Could an artificial intelligence be considered a person under the law?
A legal loophole could grant computer systems many legal rights people have – threatening human rights and dignity and…
October 5, 2018
567
Nobel goes to chemists who learned to 'hack' evolution in the lab
Nature doesn't always make the things we need so three Nobel Prize winners figured out how to fast-track evolution in…
October 4, 2018
560
New materials are powering the battery revolution
Is it too much to dream of batteries that are part of the structure of an item, helping to shape the form of a smartphone,…
October 4, 2018
529
50 years old, '2001: A Space Odyssey' still offers insight about the future
People are still wrestling with what artificial intelligence could and should do, half a century after the debut of the…
October 3, 2018
648
2018 Nobel Prize for physics goes to tools made from light beams – a particle physicist explains
The Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to three scientists for the inventions of optical tweezers--in which two laser beams…
October 2, 2018
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Safe, efficient self-driving cars could block walkable, livable communities
Autonomous cars and people-centered communities are mutually exclusive, writes a cyclist and transportation scholar.
October 2, 2018
512
Why we're training the next generation of lawyers in big data
Artificial intelligence and data analytics are transforming the practice of law.
October 2, 2018
534
Is a polygraph a reliable lie detector?
It would be great to know for sure when someone is lying and when someone is telling the truth. But no technology that purports…
September 28, 2018
646
A decade of commerical space travel – what’s next?
It has been 10 years since Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the commercial space age. What hurdles must be overcome before…
September 27, 2018
639
Has one of math's greatest mysteries, the Riemann hypothesis, finally been solved?
A famous mathematician claims to have cracked a longstanding problem involving prime numbers. But his results still need…
September 27, 2018
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