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AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making...
Your kid's silly video could be fodder for ChatGPT.Halfpoint/iStock via Getty ImagesThe promised artificial intelligence revolution requires data. Lots and lots of data. OpenAI and Google have begun...
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Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low
Support for science has traditionally been bipartisan, but fights over spending have affected research funding.AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteGovernment funding for science is usually immune from...
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How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people...
Could a spill by the cook fire have been popcorn's eureka moment?Paul Taylor/Stone via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
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Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons...
A robotic arm helps a disabled person paint a picture.Jenna Schad /Tufts UniversityYou might have heard that artificial intelligence is going to revolutionize everything, save the world and give...
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Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back...
How much power do social media companies have over what users post?Midnight Studio/iStock/Getty Images PlusThe U.S. Supreme Court has sent back to lower courts the decision about whether states can...
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From diagnosing brain disorders to cognitive enhancement, 100 years of EEG...
The electroencephalogram allowed scientists to record and read brain activity.Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesElectroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years...
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Even short trips to space can change an astronaut’s biology − a new set of...
Crew members from the Inspiration4 mission. New research looks at the biological effects of their short trip to space. SpaceX, CC BY-NCOnly about 600 people have ever traveled to space. The vast...
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To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask ‘what if?’
Complex space systems like the International Space Station could be vulnerable to hackers.NASA, CC BY-NCIf space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly...
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Unregulated online political ads pose a threat to democracy
Social media companies are doing a poor job of telling you who is responsible for the political ads you see.Anna Barclay/Getty ImagesThink back to the last time you scrolled through your social media...
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When scientific citations go rogue: Uncovering ‘sneaked references’
Science is a process of collaboration that depends on accurate citations.AlexRaths/iStock via Getty ImagesA researcher working alone – apart from the world and the rest of the wider scientific...
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Dig safely when building sandcastles and tunnels this summer – collapsing...
It's fun to take your kids to the beach, but keep an eye out for deep holes that could bury them. Juan Silva/Photodisc via Getty ImagesWhile millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to seek...
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What do storm chasers really do? Two tornado scientists take us inside the...
Scientists in a truck outfitted with instruments race toward a storm.National Severe Storms Lab/NOAAStorm-chasing for science can be exciting and stressful – we know, because we do it. It has also been...
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AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing...
A data center in Ashburn, Va., the heart of so-called Data Center Alley.AP Photo/Ted ShaffreyThe artificial intelligence boom has had such a profound effect on big tech companies that their energy...
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Storytelling strategies make communication about science more compelling
A story that includes characters and focuses on what people care about can stand up to misinformation.SDI Productions/E+ via Getty ImagesAs a science communication scholar, I’ve always supported...
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Meteorites from Mars help scientists understand the red planet’s interior
A Martian meteorite in cross-polarized light. This meteorite is dominated by the mineral olivine. Each grain is about half a millimeter across.James DayOf the more than 74,000 known meteorites– rocks...
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Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their...
Most of the blue points in this sky survey image are accreting supermassive black holes emitting strong X-rays.Fan Zou (Penn State) and the XMM-SERVS CollaborationBlack holes are remarkable...
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Could people turn Mars into another Earth? Here’s what it would take to...
An artist's illustration of what a terraformed Martian landscape might look like.Mark Stevenson/Stocktrek Images via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a...
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Flying in helicopters is safer than you might think – an aerospace engineer...
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter in flight.Vlad Lazarenko/Wikimedia, CC BY-SAHelicopters draw a lot of attention with their almost magical ability to hover, fly in any direction and operate without...
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A new ‘Twisters’ movie is coming – two tornado scientists take us inside the...
Scientists in a truck outfitted with instruments race toward a storm.National Severe Storms Lab/NOAAStorm-chasing for science can be exciting and stressful – we know, because we do it. It has also been...
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The Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year – a CERN...
Particles rush through a long tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider.Maximilien Brice/CERN, CC BY-SAWhen you push “start” on your microwave or computer, the device flips right on – but major physics...
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