Humans have watched and learned from animals who treat their ills with bioactive plants. This animal wisdom has a scientific…
Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.
Phone cameras are an example of what’s called computational photography. Digital tools built into these cameras can enhance…
A data privacy expert explains how machine learning algorithms draw inferences and how that leads to privacy concerns.
You have the US space program to thank for some of the technology in your phone and laptop.
The law forcing TikTok to be sold or banned is meant to protect Americans from Chinese government influence and privacy…
People participate in online communities to share experiences and sympathy. AI chatbots that join the conversation can only…
Hard water might dry out your hair and skin − but having hard water isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Scientists are discovering viral genetic sequences in the wild faster than they can analyze them. A kind of ChatGPT for…
Studying theoretical, fast-spinning black holes is helping physicists understand more about the elusive black holes out…
Just as human biases show up in machine learning systems, so, too, do people’s vagaries and vicissitudes.
Asthma attacks can result from immune cells overreacting to a harmless allergen. Tamping down iron levels in certain immune…
Want to bring extra life to a glass of champagne or soda water? Physicists will tell you to drop in a small object, such…
It can be easy to mistake feelings like fear and anger as hate. When biases are acted out in harmful ways, however, speaking…
Human heart organoids allow researchers to study the developing heart while avoiding the ethical issues of using human embryos…
People are better able to see and correct biases in algorithms’ decisions than in their own decisions, even when algorithms…
Summer means road construction − but what kind of engineering goes into laying down pavement?
One of the first longitudinal studies of male brain changes across the transition to first-time parenthood finds that becoming…
Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major…
Foxtails can hook onto your pet’s skin and may cause redness, swelling and infection.