If you hadn’t heard about superconductors before 2023, odds are you know what they are now. Researchers raised eyebrows early in the year with claims of operational room-temperature superconductors[1], though none has been substantiated, and one paper[2] from
Online 'likes' for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messages
The rampant increase of hate messages[1] on social media is a scourge in today’s technology-infused society. Racism, homophobia, xenophobia and even personal attacks on people who have the audacity to disagree[2] with someone else’s political opinion –
Why isn't there any sound in space? An astronomer explains why in space no one can hear you scream
Curious Kids[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [2]. How far can sound travel through space, since it’s so empty? Is there an echo in space?
Bringing classical physics into the modern world with Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
If you drop a light object and a heavy object from a tower, which one reaches the ground first? As you may recall from high school physics, this is a trick question. Neglecting air resistance, they both fall the same way and reach the ground at the
Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
Imagine you’re a farmer searching for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of a chicken egg, you find an ostrich egg, much larger than anything a chicken could lay.
That’s a little how our team[1] of astronomers[2] felt when we[3] discovered a
A management expert explains how this model works − and how it fueled the tumult around CEO Sam Altman's short-lived ouster
The board of OpenAI, creator of the popular ChatGPT and DALL-E artificial intelligence tools, fired Sam Altman, its chief executive officer[1], in late November 2023.
Chaos ensued as investors and employees rebelled. By the time the mayhem had subsided five
AI chatbot's success says as much about humans as technology
ChatGPT was launched on Nov. 30, 2022, ushering in what many have called artificial intelligence’s breakout year[1]. Within days of its release, ChatGPT went viral. Screenshots of conversations snowballed across social media, and the use of ChatGPT