How inconvenient would it be if you had to manually transfer every contact and photo from scratch every time you switched to a new smartphone? Current artificial intelligence (AI) models face a similar predicament. Whenever a superior new AI…
Our bathrooms are a strange mix of biological necessity, hydraulic engineering, and personal hygiene. Within the same small space, we eliminate our human waste and clean ourselves; isn’t that a bit…
Palmer Luckey’s eyes light up, and he talks a mile a minute, when discussing his company’s new recruiting event: the AI Grand Prix.
This is a drone flying contest with a twist. Rather than humans operating drones, the drones must…
Chromosomes are masters of organization. These long strings of DNA fold down into an ensemble of compact structures that keep needed parts of the genome accessible while tucking away those that aren’t used as often. Understanding the complexity…
A jury will decide whether or not platforms like Instagram and YouTube intentionally foster addictive behaviors in teen users, as their owners — Meta and Google, respectively — …
Gliding through warm ocean waters, the odd, yet majestic, manta ray looks like something out of this world. Its body is relatively flat, like a diamond-shaped pancake with wings, and it has a narrow tail that trails behind it. At its mouth are…
Beams that snap between two positions like a light switch can store binary information through their physical orientation. Stack several together, connect them with conductive tape, and they form electrical circuits that change as the beams…
Astronomers use the term dark energy to refer to energy in the universe that is unaccounted for by ordinary matter but necessary to explain cosmology. Astronomy, however, isn’t the only field with missing energy. Rice University professor Peter…
Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new nanomaterial that triggers a pair of chemical reactions inside cancer cells, killing the cells via oxidative stress while leaving healthy tissues alone. The study led by Oleh and Olena…
A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The North American Upstream Feature-Resolving and Tropopause Uncertainty Reconnaissance Experiment, or NURTURE, is an airborne…
