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We need to do more than teach machines to learn. We need to overcome the barriers that separate machines from us – and us from them.
What can future politicians learn from the president-elect’s social media presence while on the campaign trail?
Underlying online harassment is the false idea that events that happen on internet aren’t real. But whenever people are interacting, it’s all real.
People around the world were shocked when Hillary Clinton, ahead in many polls, didn’t end up the U.S.‘ president-elect. But that doesn’t mean the polls themselves were wrong.
Voters in Massachusetts passed a ballot measure that assumed so. But a philosopher of animal welfare suggests the ethical issues involved are trickier than a yes/no vote would suggest.
Where problems arose, voting was generally able to keep going smoothly. But those failures serve as a warning of how bad things could get if we don’t replace our voting machines soon.
Though there is no indication hackers affected the outcome of the election, we still must act to improve the cybersecurity of American elections.
In addition to the meddling alleged in the new Mueller indictments, about one in every five election-related tweets was generated by software, not humans.
Full moons are good reason to look up – and the one on Nov. 14 is no exception. But here’s why you likely won’t see something shockingly different from other full moons you’ve observed over the years.
Despite years of public information efforts, even simple cyberattacks still succeed. Here are five steps to avoiding having your emails appear on WikiLeaks.
Trump has given extremists a high-profile stage, but in the process exposed them to the disinfecting sunlight.
While online action alone can’t solve a problem, it can be a very useful tool to mobilize people and focus attention on a crucial issue.
Back in the early 1900s, if you felt a bit sluggish you could reach for a beverage enhanced with radioactive elements to really add some pep to your step. It wouldn’t be a healthy choice, though.
One viral video might leave you in stitches; another leaves you cold. Psychology researchers have worked out several theories of humor to explain why.
Design will make the difference between smart city projects offering great promise or actually reinforcing or even widening the existing gaps in unequal ways their cities serve residents.
Streaming television may actually facilitate important forms of human interaction, like participating in politics.
Mine communications are complex, slow and unreliable. The solution to keeping miners safe, and rescuing them when disaster strikes, might just be in their hands already.
With current modes up against their limits, we need new data storage solutions. Tiny defects in diamonds’ atomic structure might turn them into a new medium for memory.
The scientific community enjoys one of the highest levels of trust among American institutions. But engaging in the political arena during a contentious election season comes with dangers.
The virtual reality rides of the early 20th century are now being documented in digital VR.
Researchers ran computer simulations that take into account environmental variability and geographical setting to investigate how early explorers made it to these tiny, remote islands in the Pacific.
Every single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.
The lead author of a new American Academy of Pediatrics statement summarizes important guidelines for children’s use of electronic devices.
Flexible, easy to make, inexpensive, stretchable and simple to coat with nanomaterials, threads are also very commonly used by doctors already.