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Are you really in love? How expanding your love lexicon can change your...
Language can steer your heart in unexpected ways.VLADGRIN/Stock via Getty Images PlusWhat is love? Could those feelings you label as love be something else? What about infatuation? Obsession? A passing...
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AI ‘companions’ promise to combat loneliness, but history shows the dangers...
Would flattery from an AI set your heart aflutter?quantic69/iStock via Getty ImagesThe United States is in the grips of a loneliness epidemic: Since 2018, about half the population has reported that it...
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Flowers grown floating on polluted waterways can help clean up nutrient...
The cut flowers could pay for themselves and even turn a profit.Margi Rentis, CC BY-NDFlowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help clean polluted waterways, over 12 weeks extracting 52%...
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Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s...
Cotton in bloom in Oklahoma.John Elk/the image Bank via Getty ImagesCotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across...
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We designed wormlike, limbless robots that navigate obstacle courses − they...
Limbless robots may not need lots of complex algorithms when they have mechanical intelligence. Tianyu WangScientists have been trying to build snakelike, limbless robots for decades. These robots...
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Bringing AI up to speed – autonomous auto racing promises safer driverless...
An autonomous race car built by the Technical University of Munich prepares to pass the University of Virginia's entrant.Cavalier Autonomous Racing, University of Virginia, CC BY-NDThe excitement of...
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Bacteria in your gut can improve your mood − new research in mice tries to...
The difference between one mouse's fear and another mouse's calm might be in their gut bacteria.Katriel Cho, CC BY-NC-NDProbiotics have been getting a lot of attention recently. These bacteria, which...
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Candidates’ aging brains are factors in the presidential race − 4 essential...
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two of the three oldest people ever to serve as president.AP PhotoThe leading contenders in the 2024 presidential election are two of the three oldest people ever to...
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Cult of the drone: At the two-year mark, UAVs have changed the face of war in...
Small, cheap, explosives-laden drones have become ubiquitous in the war in Ukraine.Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesUnmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been central to the war...
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Is Russia looking to put nukes in space? Doing so would undermine global...
Fresh U.S. intelligence circulating in Congress reportedly indicates that Russia is developing an anti-satellite weapon in space with a nuclear component.News reports speculating about what the weapon...
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Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll −...
Their 'island naïveté' means these seabirds are easy pickings when mice attack.USFWS - Pacific Region/Flickr, CC BY-NCAt the far end of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lies Kuaihelani – also known as...
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3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket...
3D printing can be used to build with all kinds of materials – even those that go 'boom.'kynny/iStock via Getty ImagesImagine you’re driving to work on a rainy day, when a distracted, reckless driver...
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Potato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas...
Fields of genetically modified potato plants could detect radiation. AP Photo/John MillerWhile expanding nuclear energy production would provide carbon-free power and can help countries around the...
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I’ve been studying astronaut psychology since Apollo − a long voyage to Mars...
Crew members in space will spend lots of time together during future missions to Mars. NASA via APWithin the next few decades, NASA aims to land humans on the Moon, set up a lunar colony and use the...
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Your heart changes in size and shape with exercise – this can lead to heart...
Exercise has long been recognized by clinicians, scientists and public health officials as an important way to maintain health throughout a person’s lifespan. It improves overall fitness, helps build...
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Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before −...
Bacteria are evolutionarily primed to outpace drug developers.National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health/Flickr, CC BY-NCDo bacteria mutate randomly, or do...
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How governments handle data matters for inclusion
Do you feel included in how government handles and uses data?AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyGovernments increasingly rely on large amounts of data to provide services ranging from mobility and air quality to...
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War in Ukraine at 2 years: Destruction seen from space – via radar
Satellite radar data shows the complete destruction of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.Xu et al. (2024), CC BY-NC-NDAs soldiers and citizens provide information from the front lines and affected areas of...
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Making the moral of the story stick − a media psychologist explains the...
Children's TV shows are typically designed to improve their viewers' cognitive, social and moral development.U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Saldukas/Released via FlickrTo adult viewers,...
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Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results...
The pandemic spurred an increase in COVID-19 research, much of it with methodological holes.Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty ImagesEarly in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers flooded journals with...
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