The battle over right to repair is a fight over your car's data
Independent repair shops are fighting for access to vehicles' increasingly sophisticated data. Matthew P/FlickrCars are no longer just a means of transportation. They have become rolling hubs of data...
View ArticleInsulin injections could one day be replaced with rock music − new research...
Turns out pop songs and movie soundtracks are key to a new system to deliver insulin.Sammyvision/Moment via Getty ImagesMore than 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. According to the American...
View ArticleScientists suspect there's ice hiding on the Moon, and a host of missions...
The stark landscape of the Moon as viewed by the Apollo 12 astronauts on their return to Earth.NASA / The Planetary SocietyBuilding a space station on the Moon might seem like something out of a...
View ArticleThe universe is expanding faster than theory predicts – physicists are...
The James Webb Space Telescope's deep field image shows a universe full of sparkling galaxies.NASA/STScIAstronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding. When they use telescopes to...
View ArticleNo, you're not that good at detecting fake videos − 2 misinformation experts...
Are you sure you know what that emotionally jarring video clip really shows?F.J. Jimenez/Moment via Getty ImagesSomeone tracking the conflict raging in the Middle East could have seen the following two...
View ArticleThanksgiving sides are delicious and can be nutritious − here's the...
Side dishes made with colorful vegetables are a holiday staple for many. VeselovaElena/iStock via Getty ImagesWhile people usually think first about the turkey or the ham during holiday meals, the...
View ArticleWhat is quantum advantage? A quantum computing scientist explains an...
IBM's quantum computer got President Joe Biden's attention.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesQuantum advantage is the milestone the field of quantum computing is fervently working toward, where a quantum...
View ArticleForget ‘Man the Hunter’ – physiological and archaeological evidence rewrites...
In small-group, subsistence living, it makes sense for everyone to do lots of jobs.gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images PlusPrehistoric men hunted; prehistoric women gathered. At least this is the...
View ArticleEvery state is about to dole out federal funding for broadband internet – not...
The Biden administration set the amounts of federal funding each state will receive to expand access to broadband internet.AP Photo/Evan VucciWhen the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed...
View ArticlePooling multiple models during COVID-19 pandemic provided more reliable...
The sum is greater than the parts when researchers build an ensemble from multiple coordinated but independent models.Matteo Chinazzi, CC BY-NDHow can anyone decide on the best course of action in a...
View ArticleImmune health is all about balance – an immunologist explains why both too...
When immune cells become overactive, your immune system itself can cause disease.NIAID/Flickr, CC BY-SAFor immune health, some influencers seem to think the Goldilocks philosophy of “just right” is...
View ArticleThank gluten's complex chemistry for your light, fluffy baked goods
Gluten is in a variety of breads and baked goods − it helps them rise and gives bread its characteristic texture. Adam Gault/OJO Images via Getty ImagesWithin the bread, rolls and baked goods on many...
View ArticleHow do viruses get into cells? Their infection tactics determine whether they...
Surface proteins on a virus enable it to attach to and get inside a cell to start replicating.koto_feja/E+ via Getty ImagesCOVID-19, flu, mpox, noroviral diarrhea: How do the viruses that cause these...
View ArticleForget dystopian scenarios – AI is pervasive today, and the risks are often...
The AI most likely to cause you harm is not some malevolent superintelligence, but the loan algorithm at your bank.AP Photo/Mark HumphreyThe turmoil at ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, bookended by the board of...
View ArticleForensic anthropologists work to identify human skeletal remains and uncover...
Forensic anthropologists can be called in when human remains are discovered.Ashley Cooper/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesA seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog trots up with a human femur...
View ArticleEarth's magnetic field protects life on Earth from radiation, but it can...
The Earth's magnetic field deflects particles emitted by the Sun.Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesThe Earth’s magnetic field plays a big role in protecting people from hazardous...
View ArticleUnwrapping Uranus and its icy secrets: What NASA would learn from a mission...
Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, orbits in the outer solar system, about two billion miles (3.2 billion kilometers) from Earth. It is an enormous world – quadruple the diameter of Earth, with...
View ArticleMicroRNA is the master regulator of the genome − researchers are learning how...
RNA is more than just a transitional state between DNA and protein.Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesThe Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, and life less than a billion years after...
View Article3 ways AI can help farmers tackle the challenges of modern agriculture
Farming today is as much about data as hardware.AP Photo/Nati HarnikFor all the attention on flashy new artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, the challenges of regulating AI, and doomsday...
View ArticleChatGPT turns 1: AI chatbot's success says as much about humans as technology
The drama surrounding OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, left − joined on stage here by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella − has overshadowed the first anniversary of the company's ChatGPT.AP Photo/Barbara OrtutayChatGPT...
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