Professional astronomers don’t make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope. Instead, they collect digital images in massive cameras attached to large telescopes[1].
Just as you might have an endless library of digital photos stored in your cellphone, many astronomers collect more photos than they...
Over the past decade, health insurance companies have increasingly embraced the use of artificial intelligence algorithms[1]. Unlike doctors and hospitals, which use AI to help diagnose and treat patients, health insurers use these algorithms to decide whether to pay[2] for health care treatments and services that are recommended by a given...
Manufactured chemicals and materials are necessary for practically every aspect of daily life, from life-saving pharmaceuticals to plastics, fuels and fertilizers. Yet manufacturing these important chemicals comes at a steep energy cost.
Many of these industrial chemicals are derived primarily from fossil fuel-based materials[1]. These compounds are...