DOGE’s AI surveillance risks silencing whistleblowers and weakening democracy
The United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly using artificial intelligence to surveil…
AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar
If you wanted to check someone’s pulse from across the room, for example to remotely…
How dandelions conquered concrete to bring nature back to cities
“Nothing is so uncommon as a common dandelion” say Karst Meijer and Erik van den…
Why do dogs eat poo? A canine scientist explains
When miniature dachshund Valerie was captured after 529 days alone in the wilds of Australia’s…
South Africa’s frogs and reptiles get their own list of names in local languages
Naming all the creatures and plants in nature is no small task. Fortunate Phaka is…
Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
It is late at night, and we are silently watching a bat in a roost…
From cats and dogs to penguins and llamas, treating animals with acupuncture has become mainstream in veterinary medicine
A perentie lizard in Dallas, an African penguin in Boston and an Oberhasli goat in…
Did ‘induced atmospheric vibration’ cause blackouts in Europe? An electrical engineer explains the phenomenon
The lights are mostly back on in Spain, Portugal and southern France after a widespread…
Why are political parties allowed to send spam texts? And how can we make them stop?
Another election, another wave of unsolicited political texts. Over this campaign, our digital mailboxes have…
Cancer research in the US is world class because of its broad base of funding − with the government pulling out, its future is uncertain
Cancer research in the U.S. doesn’t rely on a single institution or funding stream −…