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A small proof-of-concept study shows smartphones could help detect drunkenness based on the way you walk.
MIT Professor Sinan Aral’s new book, “The Hype Machine,” explores the perils and promise of social media in a time of discord.
An algorithm produced every possible melody. Now its creators want to destroy songwriter copyrights.
A computer coder and a lawyer decide they have a right to speak for all the songwriters that ever lived, those who are alive today, and all those yet to be born.
A wild, compelling idea without a direct, practical test, the Multiverse is highly controversial. But its supporting pillars sure are stable.
A heated debate is occurring at the University of Miami.
And after years of mystery, we finally know where they come from. Here on Earth, thunderstorms and accompanying lightning strikes represent tremendous releases of energy. It was way back in 2011 […]
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill some antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Put two grapes close together in a microwave and you’ll get an electrifying result, all because of the physics of plasmas.
Pandemics have historically given way to social revolution. What will the post-COVID revolution be?
Carbon nanotubes embedded in leaves detect chemical signals that are produced when a plant is damaged.
This video game designer’s creations have been said to work “neurological magic.”
A new study says curiosity and creativity are computational errors.
A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.
Simplify the web scraping process with over 90% off this powerful tool.
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
In 2017, researchers believed they had found evidence for the elusive Majorana fermion. Now, a new study found that the exotic class of particles may still be confined to theory.
It’s not for climate science and condensed matter physics. It’s for advancing our understanding beyond spherical cows.
Saturn’s Iapetus, discovered way back in 1671, has three bizarre features that science still can’t fully explain.
The future of learning will be different, and now is the time to lay the groundwork.
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Despite being raised in a screen-lit world, today’s children make and maintain friendships as well as past generations.
A new web startup is selling algorithmically produced nudes of non-existent women. There’s still some ethical concerns.
Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to ocean and atmospheric circulations.
Did the Milky Way form by slowly accreting matter or by devouring its neighboring galaxies? At last, we’re uncovering our own history.
From high school through the professional ranks, physicists never tire of Newton’s second law.
The achievement is an important milestone in quantum computing, Google’s scientists said.
Quantum physics isn’t quite magic, but it requires an entirely novel set of rules to make sense of the quantum universe.
In each of our minds, we draw a demarcation line between beliefs that are reasonable and those that are nonsense. Where do you draw your line?
Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.
When three wise men gifted baby Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, they had no idea one was made from colliding neutron stars.