Is America's digital leadership on the wane?
The digital economy in the US is already on the verge of stalling; failing to protect an open internet would further erode…
The digital economy in the US is already on the verge of stalling; failing to protect an open internet would further erode…
He spends his days developing artificial intelligence systems. What about AI keeps him up at night?
For those with reduced mobility and even just the normally aging, stairs can pose a big problem. A cheap and efficient new…
Many companies are working to prevent customers from fixing broken smartphones and tractors. By doing so, they're missing…
Researchers identified simple behavioral rules that allow these tiny creatures to collaboratively build elaborate structures,…
Teaching fear and avoidance of technology may protect people from negative consequences. But it also prevents them from…
Highly trained dancers provide insights for researchers helping design improved rehab programs for people with mobility…
Reports of facts' death have been greatly exaggerated. Effective communication jettisons the false dilemma in favor…
What do traditional Maasai people use mobile phones for?
Women experience negative effects from the objectification that's common in our society. What happens if they try to…
Millions of Americans believe brown cows produce chocolate milk? The way the media reported this factoid raises questions…
When companies neglect cybersecurity, customers – and society as a whole – suffer. It’s time customers demanded better…
The iPhone changed the game not because of the technical details of the device, but rather as a result of its creators'…
New genetic technologies are letting us look at flu evolution right where it starts: within individual people, while they're…
There are physical, cultural and legal reasons why fire prevention measures didn't avert the tragedy at the Grenfell…
Federal rules governing television stations were meant to keep them connected to the communities they serve. The Trump administration…
We don't know much about the origins of most human achievements – scientific and otherwise. Like evolution, does progress…
Nobody can understand the legal language in privacy policies. Can artificial intelligence digest the text and produce a…
With no identifiable body parts, it's hard to know how these fossilized creatures lived. A new approach models how the…
Currency first hit the scene thousands of years ago. An anthropologist explains the early origins and uses of money –…