Ethics is often neglected in engineering education, two researchers write, despite mounting questions about how to responsibly…
AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information.
From kimchi to kombucha and sauerkraut to sourdough, many traditional food staples across cultures make use of fermentation.…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers shooting tiny grains of ice into space. These grains could hold traces of life −…
Whether people are hunters can have a big effect.
There is no shortage of horror stories about online shaming, but it’s not always a bad thing. It comes down to who is…
New research found a way to both improve the accuracy of deepfake detection algorithms while also enhancing fairness.
There are many ways to kill microbes that cause dangerous infections. Combining genetic screening with machine learning…
Where specialized algorithms fail to classify star-borne pulses, human volunteers with just a little training can step in.
Studying the human brain is difficult because of its vast and intricate network of neural connections. The fruit fly offers…
Here’s a game: Tell a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger. Just add ‘1’ to whatever…
AI has the potential to diminish the human experience in several ways. One particularly concerning threat is to the ability…
Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous…
Functional precision medicine works to take the guesswork out of deciding which drug to try next for patients with cancers…
No treatments are currently available to cure Parkinson’s disease. Better understanding the genetic foundation of this…
Most infection prevention guidelines center on the hospital environment rather than the patient. But the source of antibiotic-resistant…
Use-inspired research goes beyond translational research to build lasting connections between researchers and communities.
Calcite, the material making up fossilized eggshells, may preserve amino acids better than bone.
Measuring the concentration of radioactive elements in a single, sand-size crystal reveals the growth of the Himalayan mountain…
This bias in science journalism seems not to be due only to pragmatic concerns about time zones or the language spoken in…