Artificial intelligence will soon be powerful enough to operate autonomously, how should we tell it to act? What kind of ethics should we teach it?
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Google Chrome boasts 310 million active users across the world, and it might just kill off the usage of passwords.
Professional learning programs are important to any business or organization because they help to enhance your existing workforce by instilling new knowledge and skills. When it comes to creating learning […]
President Donald Trump signed a ‘right-to-try’ bill on Wednesday, but some think the new law will do more harm than good.
Everyone in the Universe needs a break sometimes. They say that all work and no play make Jack a dull boy, and with very few exceptions, I’ve been working hard […]
Cybersecurity costs billions of dollars each year. Building on a blockchain could solve many of our security problems.
People who displayed higher intelligence were 28% more likely to wear glasses.
Today, there is a crisis of trust in science. Many people – including politicians and, yes, even presidents – publicly express doubts about the validity of scientific findings. Meanwhile, scientific […]
The updated recommendations come in the wake of research that shows an alarming rise of colon and rectal cancer among young adults.
Late night texts provide insights on America’s recreational drug use, documenting good and bad times with meth, cocaine, heroin, pills, marijuana, LSD, and ecstasy.
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.
Kim Kardashian is meeting with Jared Kushner and President Donald Trump on Wednesday to talk prison reform and the case of Alice Marie Johnson, who’s service life for a nonviolent crime.
The popular sleep drug Ambien, which Rosanne Barr appears to have taken recreationally, can dredge up what you already have in your brain.
Common routers include devices made by Netgear and Linksys; this is a major malware outbreak.
In most countries around the world, some jobs are by law reserved for men only and forbidden for women.
A new study argues that the working class are not prejudiced against immigrants and are more likely to help people.
There’s a chicken and egg thing going on here when it comes to having a mood disorder and discordant circadian rhythms.
There really should be life out there beyond Earth. Here’s how we’ll find it. There are three very different ways humanity is searching for alien life beyond Earth. We can directly […]
Many tests have reported an ‘anomalous thrust’ where there should be none. A researcher has finally shown where everyone else has messed up. One of the ultimate dreams of humans everywhere […]
Fortnite surpassed 40 million users recently. What’s the appeal?
Does smoking marijuana make it less likely that couples will have children? A study out of Boston University has arrived at a clear conclusion.
After revealing new policies, Starbucks closed more than 8,000 of its stores Tuesday afternoon so some 175,000 employees could undergo racial bias training.
Support for increased gun control in the U.S. is slowly rising, but one group of Americans seems to change their minds faster than others.
The hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Here’s how to tone it down.
The field of Artificial Intelligence is pushing back against a newcomer — for good reason.
China has been spotted trading with North Korea by a Japanese patrol plane. If true, the actions would violate international sanctions against North Korea.
A new study attempts to figure out why the motor cortex sometimes synchronizes to speech as the auditory cortex does.
Innovation is a “creative muscle” that needs to be flexed and exercised regularly to be strong and effective. Anyone can innovate — and some of the best or most creative […]
Logical fallacies will be everywhere this election season. Here’s how to find the bad arguments and beat them.
Sedna could be the very first known object from the Inner Oort Cloud. But time is running out to create and launch a mission. In 2003, scientists discovered an object beyond […]