Is @realDonaldTrump addicted to Twitter?
Evaluating behavior using the elements of addiction can shed light on the president's – and anyone else's –…
Evaluating behavior using the elements of addiction can shed light on the president's – and anyone else's –…
Artificial intelligence has so much beneficial potential that fears about it shouldn't prompt new regulations. Existing…
A disaster fantasy raises questions about tinkering with Earth's climate. With real-life scientists exploring geoengineering,…
Cybercrime affects individuals and families as they navigate online life. But significant efforts focus instead on cybersecurity,…
Scientists have a big problem: Many psychological studies don't hold up to scrutiny. Is it time to redefine statistical…
Micro-targeted online advertising has destroyed how Americans share experiences and a common knowledge base. The fix for…
Watching how people play a game against a computer opponent can help identify how humans use – or don't use – game…
A LIGO team member describes how the detection of a gravitational wave from a new source – merging neutron stars – vaults…
The gravitational wave itself is the least exciting part of the announcement from LIGO and Virgo. Observing this new source…
Scanning physical items constructed with nefarious intent can introduce malware into a smartphone or computer.
During World War I, Marie Curie left her lab behind, inventing a mobile X-ray unit that could travel to the battlefront…
Consumers can't read, understand or use information in companies' privacy policies. So they end up less informed…
Combining machine learning, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles could revolutionize how people with disabilities…
The cyberthreat from China is one more of espionage than destruction. And it's changing – perhaps even lessening.
The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to three scientists who revolutionized biochemistry by inventing a technology that…
Today's scientific research is characterized by interdisciplinary, international collaboration. Awards like the Nobel…
If all the elements in the transportation system are going to talk to each other, the people at the companies and government…
Americans Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young share the 2017 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for work that explained…
As the issue of an open and free internet again comes up for public debate, Congress could participate – and help regulators…
Musk’s audacious plan to blast people to Mars by 2024 glosses over some important social and political challenges that…