How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives
Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any…
Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget – how NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off
Humanity’s drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various…
What is AI poisoning? A computer scientist explains
Poisoning is a term most often associated with the human body and natural environments. But…
Should humans colonise space? We asked 5 experts
For roughly 4.5 billion years, the Moon has kept Earth company. In the much shorter…
The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada
The United States government recently announced a US$100,000 H-1B visa fee on new applications, which…
3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild
We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards –…
Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is about to launch the early beta version of…
Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed
X-ray beams aren’t used just by doctors to see inside your body and tell whether…
new study finds genetic risk in African women
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, it is…
Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases
Sound waves at frequencies above the threshold for human hearing are routinely used in medical…