In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder[1] and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash her skull with a rock.
When Eileen testified at her father’s trial, her memory of the murder was relatively fresh. It was less than a...
In the 20th century, when a routine infection was treated with a standard antibiotic[1], recovery was expected. But over time, the microbes responsible for these infections have evolved to evade the very drugs designed to eliminate them.
Each year, there are more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections[2] in the United States, leading...
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When someone sees something that isn’t there, people often refer to the experience as a hallucination. Hallucinations[1] occur when your sensory perception does not correspond to external stimuli.
Technologies that rely on artificial intelligence can have hallucinations, too.
When an algorithmic system generates information that seems plausible...
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