AI vs. elections: 4 essential reads about the threat of high-tech deception in politics
Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented…
Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented…
People have been flying airplanes for well over a century. Engineers know how to balance all the forces at play, but still…
Identifying proteins that are only present in bodily fluids when a patient has breast cancer could provide a way to screen…
Many people will see a dazzling eclipse this April, but these events are possible only because of the sizes and precise…
Now’s the time to get your hands on a pair of eclipse glasses in preparation for April’s display of celestial wonder.
Salt is an essential nutrient that has helped civilizations flavor and preserve their foods for millennia. Too much dietary…
Vaccine skepticism, and the broader medical mistrust and far-reaching anxieties it reflects, is not just a fringe position…
Trees – and all plants – harvest sunlight to gain the energy they need to live and grow.
Because hammerhead sharks give birth to live young, studying their embryonic development is much more complicated than harvesting…
Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing…
Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions…
Early modern societies in Latin America and Spain saw a convergence of traditional medical knowledge and the professionalization…
Not much is known about the predator fly Laphria saffrana. New research identified how they count the wingbeats of their…
IVF is a decades-old procedure that has allowed increasing numbers of prospective parents to have children. Evolving legislation…
Enthusiasm for the capabilities of artificial intelligence – and claims for the approach of humanlike prowess –has followed…
Setting specific, hard-to-reach goals seems to help people maintain motivation, while preventing them from feeling as drained…
‘Loopy’ is a multicellular robot inspired by biology and designed to react to its environment without instructions on…
Satellite photography of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut shows block after block of destroyed buildings. Satellite radar provides…
Governments can exclude certain groups of people in policies and services not only by the type of data they collect but…
What if plants in the area surrounding a nuclear reactor could act as radiation detectors, with the help of a drone?