Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law
The Israeli army used a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to generate lists of tens…
To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money
Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have made spectacularly terrible guesses about the…
Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research
Health care providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the…
Fossil beetles found in a Botswana diamond mine help us to reconstruct the distant past
When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there’s much more to…
Dali hit Key Bridge with the force of 66 heavy trucks at highway speed
CC BY-ND The cargo ship Dali knocked down three main truss spans, constructed with connected…
Tiny crystals capture millions of years of mountain range history – a geologist excavates the Himalayas with a microscope
The Himalayas stand as Earth’s highest mountain range, possibly the highest ever. How did it…
Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived
Pottery was largely unknown in Australia before the recent past, despite well-known pottery traditions in…
Fossilized dinosaur eggshells can preserve amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, over millions of years
As a scientist, lab work can sometimes get monotonous. But in 2017, while a Ph.D.…
How older immigrants are navigating the infodemic
Occurring in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis was quietly escalating and unnoticed by…
We saw one of the most powerful magnets in the Universe come to life – and our theories can’t quite explain it
After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly…