Robots often have a hard time navigating through debris, but robots designed based on worms and snakes could move around…
Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield…
Phosphorus and nitrogen contribute to water pollution and cause harmful algal blooms. New research shows how mats of floating…
Tech companies are offering AI companions as a convenient cure for the loneliness epidemic, but there have been other forms…
Words have power, and what vocabulary you have at your disposal to describe your relationships with other people can shape…
Deepfake technology is widely available, and a pivotal election year lies ahead. The FCC banned AI robocalls, but AI-enhanced…
Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings…
Sugar molecules called glycans cover the surface of all cells, acting as ID cards that broadcast what they are to the rest…
Predictive policing has been a bust. The Department of Justice nurtured the technology from researchers’ minds to corporate…
Early human development is a complex, multistep process that’s even more complicated to study in the lab. Models made…
The signs that remind you to pick up after your pet are not just trying to keep public spaces clean; they’re urging you…
Learning to program requires mastering the nitty-gritty of code syntax. Generative AI turns out to be good at that. Adding…
Projects under NASA’s CLPS program will probe unexplored questions about the universe’s formation.
While NASA rovers on the surface of Mars look for hints of life, researchers back on Earth are studying ‘echoes of life’…
Your blood contains a wealth of information about the state of your health. Analyzing the levels of each component is an…
Inhaling air is how you get the oxygen your body needs to turn your food into energy. Other living things use different…
Orbital resonance is kind of like musical harmony, but systems that display it are far more rare than songs with harmonic…
When you’re running late in the winter, you don’t want to have to spend time scraping frost off your windshield. Try…
As legislators rail against social media companies, the companies continue to put millions of young people at risk. Here’s…
With growing polarization, political attitudes have begun to coincide with moral convictions. Partisans increasingly view…