Millions of Americans still don’t have access to high-speed internet[1]. Christopher Ali[2], a professor of telecommunications at Penn State University, discusses who lacks access to broadband and how the federal government – with a US$65 billion commitment
Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated images of people of color instead of white people in historical settings that featured white people[1]. Adobe Firefly’s image creation tool saw similar issues[2]. This led some
Many people around the world make and eat fermented foods. Millions in Korea[1] alone make kimchi. The cultural heritage of these picklers shape not only what they eat every time they crack open a jar but also something much, much smaller: their
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Saturn has 146 confirmed moons[1] – more than any other planet in the solar system – but one called Enceladus[2] stands out. It appears to have the ingredients for life.
From 2004 to 2017, Cassini[3] – a joint mission between NASA, the European
“Cancel culture” has a bad reputation. There is growing anxiety[1] over this practice of publicly shaming people online for violating social norms[2] ranging from inappropriate jokes[3] to controversial business practices[4].
Online shaming can be a wildly
Deepfakes – essentially putting words in someone else’s mouth in a very believable way – are becoming more sophisticated[1] by the day and increasingly hard to spot. Recent examples of deepfakes include Taylor Swift nude images[2], an audio recording of
The human brain contains approximately 87 billion neurons[1]. On average, each of these cells make thousands of different connections to facilitate communication across the brain. Neural communication is thought to underlie all brain functions – from