The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has ...
AI such as ChatGPT is giving mental health advise to users. What impact will this have over the long term? Will society be ...
Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover produced breathable oxygen on Mars on April 20, 2021, marking the first time humans manufactured a ...
Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the ...
We found that more than half contained illegal amounts of THC. Some had mold and pesticides. And one contained a highly toxic chemical.
Opinion

The Year Empathy Died

Empathy stands as a firewall against bigotry. But it’s more than that — it can also free you from bigotry. Understanding another person’s experience (and imagining if it happened to you) softens our ...
Mars Global Localization (MGL), a tech similar to GPS on Earth, lets Perseverance nail down its coordinates to about 10 inches.