When you put your hand out the window of a moving car, you feel a force pushing against you called drag[1]. This force opposes a moving vehicle, and it’s part of the reason why your car naturally slows to a stop if you take your foot off the gas
AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar
If you wanted to check someone’s pulse from across the room, for example to remotely monitor an elderly relative, how could you do it? You might think it’s impossible, because common health-monitoring devices such as fingertip pulse oximeters and
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Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong
From drones delivering medical supplies to digital assistants performing everyday tasks, AI-powered systems are becoming increasingly embedded in everyday life. The creators of these innovations promise transformative benefits. For some people, mainstream
From cats and dogs to penguins and llamas, treating animals with acupuncture has become mainstream in veterinary medicine
A perentie lizard in Dallas[1], an African penguin in Boston[2] and an Oberhasli goat in Chicago[3] are just a few recent examples of animals at zoos and aquariums benefiting recently from acupuncture therapy. As acupuncture has gained wide use in human
How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance
A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board reported an unusual spike in potentially sensitive data flowing out[1] of the agency’s network in early March 2025 when staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, which goes by DOGE, were
Some politicians who share harmful information are rewarded with more clicks, study finds
What happens when politicians post false or toxic messages online? My team and I found evidence that suggests U.S. state legislators can increase or decrease their public visibility[1] by sharing unverified claims or using uncivil language during times of
Perfect brownies baked at high altitude are possible thanks to Colorado’s home economics pioneer Inga Allison
Many bakers working at high altitudes have carefully followed a standard recipe only to reach into the oven to find a sunken cake, flat cookies or dry muffins.
Experienced mountain bakers know they need a few tricks to achieve the same results as their