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Artificial Intelligence

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‘Noise’ in the Machine: Human Differences in Judgment Lead to Problems for AI

Mayank Kejriwal - May 14, 2024

Many people understand the concept of bias at some intuitive level. In society, and in artificial intelligence systems, racial and gender biases are well...

Google DeepMind’s New AlphaFold AI Maps Life’s Molecular Dance in Minutes

May 9, 2024

AI Can Now Generate Entire Songs on Demand. What Does This Mean for Music as We Know It?

May 7, 2024

AI Is Gathering a Growing Amount of Training Data Inside Virtual Worlds

May 1, 2024

A New Photonic Computer Chip Uses Light to Slash AI Energy Costs

April 15, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Will Defeat CAPTCHA — How Will We Prove We’re Human Then?

David J. Hill - August 28, 2012

Security Checks Reaching Towards Your Brain

Aaron Saenz - May 14, 2009

Microsoft’s Massive New Language AI Is Triple the Size of OpenAI’s GPT-3

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - October 13, 2021

A New Photonic Computer Chip Uses Light to Slash AI Energy Costs

Shelly Fan - April 15, 2024

Biotechnology

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Google DeepMind’s New AlphaFold AI Maps Life’s Molecular Dance in Minutes

Shelly Fan - May 9, 2024

Proteins are biological workhorses. They build our bodies and orchestrate the molecular processes in cells that keep them healthy. They also present a wealth of...

A Massive Study Is Revealing Why Exercise Is So Good for Our Health

May 6, 2024

This Plastic Is Embedded With Bacterial Spores That Break It Down After It’s Thrown Out

May 2, 2024

Scientists Find a Surprising Way to Transform A and B Blood Types Into Universal Blood

April 29, 2024

This AI Just Designed a More Precise CRISPR Gene Editor for Human Cells From Scratch

April 25, 2024

Scientists Find a Surprising Way to Transform A and B Blood Types Into Universal Blood

Shelly Fan - April 29, 2024

This AI Just Designed a More Precise CRISPR Gene Editor for Human Cells From Scratch

Shelly Fan - April 25, 2024

This Mind-Reading Cap Can Translate Thoughts to Text Thanks to AI

Jason Dorrier - December 12, 2023

Google and Harvard Unveil the Largest High-Resolution Map of the Brain Yet

Jason Dorrier - June 6, 2021

Computing

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Scientists Step Toward Quantum Internet With Experiment Under the Streets of Boston

Jason Dorrier - May 16, 2024

A quantum internet would essentially be unhackable. In the future, sensitive information—financial or national security data, for instance, as opposed to memes and cat...

Mind-Bending Math Could Stop Quantum Hackers—but Few Understand It

April 30, 2024

How Quantum Computers Could Illuminate the Full Range of Human Genetic Diversity

April 26, 2024

A New Photonic Computer Chip Uses Light to Slash AI Energy Costs

April 15, 2024

Quantum Computers Take a Major Step With Error Correction Breakthrough

April 4, 2024

A Ball of Brain Cells on a Chip Can Learn Simple Speech Recognition and Math

Shelly Fan - December 14, 2023

Quantum Computers Could Crack Encryption Sooner Than Expected With New Algorithm

Edd Gent - October 2, 2023

Academia.edu – $4.5M in Funding, 3M Unique Monthly Visitors – Can They Change Science Publication?

Aaron Saenz - December 11, 2011

IBM’s Brain-Inspired Analog Chip Aims to Make AI More Sustainable

Shelly Fan - August 25, 2023

Space

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Astronomers Discover 27,500 New Asteroids Lurking in Archival Images

Jason Dorrier - May 8, 2024

There are well over a million asteroids in the solar system. Most don't cross paths with Earth, but some do and there's a risk...

The Crucial Building Blocks of Life on Earth Form More Easily in Outer Space

April 23, 2024

Exploding Stars Are Rare—but if One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life on Earth

April 16, 2024

Elon Musk Doubles Down on Mars Dreams and Details What’s Next for SpaceX’s Starship

April 12, 2024

3 Body Problem: Is the Universe Really a ‘Dark Forest’ Full of Hostile Aliens in Hiding?

April 9, 2024

Why Do Black Holes Twinkle? Scientists Studied 5,000 Star-Eating Behemoths to Find Out

Christian Wolf - February 9, 2023

Where Is Everyone? 4 Possible Explanations for the Fermi Paradox

Raya Bidshahri - September 2, 2019

3 Body Problem: Is the Universe Really a ‘Dark Forest’ Full of Hostile Aliens in Hiding?

Tony Milligan - April 9, 2024

Long Promised Artificial Intelligence Is Looming—and It’s Going to Be Amazing

Vivek Wadhwa - June 17, 2016

Energy

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Global Carbon Capture Capacity Quadruples as the Biggest Plant Yet Revs Up in Iceland

Edd Gent - May 10, 2024

Pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is likely to be a crucial weapon in the battle against climate change. And now global carbon...

These Plants Could Mine Valuable Metals From the Soil With Their Roots

March 28, 2024

Even as the Fusion Era Comes Into View—We’re Still in the Steam Age

March 19, 2024

These Technologies Could Axe 85% of CO2 Emissions From Heavy Industry

February 2, 2024

EIA Says 40 Percent of US Electricity Is Now Emission-Free for the First Time

January 8, 2024

These Plants Could Mine Valuable Metals From the Soil With Their Roots

Edd Gent - March 28, 2024

Magnetizable Concrete in Roads Could Charge Electric Cars While You Drive

Edd Gent - August 9, 2021

You Can Buy This Electric Car for $7,999 in California

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 12, 2020

Ukraine Conflict Has the World on a Renewable Energy Run, IEA Report Says

Edd Gent - December 19, 2022

Future

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Global Carbon Capture Capacity Quadruples as the Biggest Plant Yet Revs Up in Iceland

Edd Gent - May 10, 2024

Pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is likely to be a crucial weapon in the battle against climate change. And now global carbon...

Astronomers Discover 27,500 New Asteroids Lurking in Archival Images

May 8, 2024

This Plastic Is Embedded With Bacterial Spores That Break It Down After It’s Thrown Out

May 2, 2024

Mind-Bending Math Could Stop Quantum Hackers—but Few Understand It

April 30, 2024

Elon Musk Doubles Down on Mars Dreams and Details What’s Next for SpaceX’s Starship

April 12, 2024

Mind-Bending Math Could Stop Quantum Hackers—but Few Understand It

Nalini Joshi - April 30, 2024

19th Century French Artists Predicted The World Of The Future In This Series Of Postcards

David J. Hill - October 15, 2012

The World in 2025: 8 Predictions for the Next 10 Years

Peter H. Diamandis, MD - May 11, 2015

Technology Feels Like It’s Accelerating — Because It Actually Is

Alison E. Berman - March 22, 2016

Tech

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Scientists Step Toward Quantum Internet With Experiment Under the Streets of Boston

Jason Dorrier - May 16, 2024

A quantum internet would essentially be unhackable. In the future, sensitive information—financial or national security data, for instance, as opposed to memes and cat...