It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms over the prospect of generations-long, interstellar space...
Science & Technology
What Ethical Models for Autonomous Vehicles Don’t Address – and How They Could Be Better
There’s a fairly large flaw in the way that programmers are currently addressing ethical concerns related to artificial intelligence (AI)...
Online Trackers Follow Health Site Visitors, Use Sensitive Information
Internet trackers are more likely to follow people who visit popular health sites, such as WebMD.com and mayoclinic.org, to other...
Expanding Access to Cyber Research Tools
Faculty and students at Purdue University now have access to cybersecurity research software developed at Sandia National Laboratories. This marks...
Turning Faces into Thermostats: Autonomous HVAC System Could Provide More Comfort with Less Energy
As lockdown requirements ease, COVID-19 is changing the way we use indoor spaces. That presents challenges for those who manage...
In Glowing Colors: Seeing the Spread of Drug Particles in a Forensic Lab
When two scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) brought black lights and glow powder into the...
Climate Change’s Toll on Freshwater Fish: A New Database for Science
Scientists have created a new database to help track the impacts of climate change on fish living in rivers, lakes...
Crises Are No Excuse for Lowering Scientific Standards, Say Ethicists
Ethicists from Carnegie Mellon and McGill universities are calling on the global research community to resist treating the urgency of...
