Tech
Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Magic
The coronavirus is helping to erode the hype around artificial intelligence; data scientists get the axe and some ‘old-fashioned’ solutions work better.
Matthew Clapp
Tech
Zoom has serious consequences for mental health
In the past few years, people across the world have spent more time on video chat programs like Zoom and FaceTime than ever before. These applications mimic in-person encounters by allowing users to see the people they are communicating with.
Tech
Using machine learning to unravel long Covid
Long Covid, with its constellation of symptoms, is proving a challenging moving target for researchers trying to conduct large studies of the syndrome.
Mind
Why Americans don’t trust experts
How a society that is so good at creating knowledge can be so bad at applying it. Why don’t Americans trust the experts?
Motion
Is the Universe infinite?
As far as we can tell, there's no limit to how far it goes on; only a limit to how far we can see. Could the Universe truly be infinite?
Motion
Where did the Universe come from?
To answer any physical question, you must ask the Universe itself. But what happens when the answers aren't around anymore?
Motion
Scientists Find Unexplained Waves Inside the Sun That Defy Known Physics
The undetermined nature of the newly discovered waves promises "novel physics" about the Sun and stars, reports a new study.
Motion
Hunting the Ghost Particle
It came from deep space, moving at the speed of light, and crashed into Antarctica. Deep below the ice, it met its end. It wasn't an asteroid or alien spacecraft, but a particle that rarely interacts with matter, known as a neutrino.
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Motion
The Mystery of Time’s Arrow
This simple model of the universe shows how one natural law points toward order.
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Culture
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
What, exactly, did the Navy encounter over 15 years ago off the Southern California coast, when fighter pilots spotted a UFO? These men were there, too—and it’s time they tell their side of the story.
Culture
Penguin Post Office is Hiring!
If you want to work at the world’s most remote post office, you’ll need to be able to count penguins. The position is based in Antarctica, and the job responsibilities include maintaining the historic site, catering to tourists, and collecting environmental data.
Culture
Is Rural Americans’ Identity Anti-Science?
Even before this pandemic, America had a long history of resistance to public health measures and new vaccines, but now that resistance is increasingly polarized by geography and party.