What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program? Every peaceful program starts with a promise not to build a nuclear weapon. Then, the global community verifies that stated intent via the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons[1].
Once a country signs the treaty, the world’s nuclear watchdog, the ...
For search and rescue, AI is not more accurate than humans, but it is far faster.
Recent successes in applying computer vision and machine learning to drone imagery for rapidly determining building and road damage[1] after hurricanes or shifting wildfire lines[2] suggest that artificial intelligence could be valuable in searching for missing...
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Golden oyster mushrooms[1], with their sunny yellow caps and nutty flavor, have become wildly popular for being healthy, delicious and easy to grow at home from mushroom kits.
But this food craze has also unleashed an invasive species into the wild, and new research shows it’s pushing out native fungi[2].
In a study we believe is the first...
If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might just be able to spot the Sculptor galaxy[1]. And if your eyes were prisms that could separate light into the thousands of colors making it up, then congratulations: After hours of...