The Kids (Who Use Tech) Seem to Be All Right
A rigorous new paper uses a new scientific approach that shows the panic over teen screen time is likely overstated
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New App Uses Sonar to Detect Opioid Overdoses
The technology utilizes smartphone speakers and microphone to monitor breathing
New App Helps People Remember Faces
An app could help those with face blindness but has raised concerns among privacy experts
Facebook Users Value the Service More Than Investors Do
Users of the social network said they'd require payment of more than $1,000 to quit the platform for one year. Christopher Intagliata reports.
How Many Manatees Are There? There's an Algorithm for That
Biologists and computers scientists team up to create a census of animal populations
Drones Used to Find Toylike "Butterfly" Land Mines
Quadcopters with thermal imagery cameras can help detect vicious mini-mines that often kill or maim children
Smarter Pricing Could Ease Parking Frustration
A new algorithm raises parking rates in busy neighborhoods and lowers them elsewhere, guaranteeing free parking spots regardless of location. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Computers Determine States of Consciousness
A machine learning algorithm uses EEG traces to find a patient’s odds of waking
How the Brain's Face Code Might Unlock the Mysteries of Perception
Doris Tsao mastered facial recognition in the brain. Now she’s looking to determine the neural code for everything we see
Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses
Internet queries about opioids are linked to drug-related hospital admissions
"Superhuman" AI Triumphs Playing the Toughest Board Games
Will a general algorithm that masters chess, go and shogi succeed as well for games with less-defined rules?
Is the U.S. Lagging in the Quest for Quantum Computing?
U.S. government funding is needed to sustain the arduous journey toward a practical quantum computer, experts say
Data Reveals Most Influential Movies
By analyzing the network connections between 47,000 films on IMDb, researchers found the most influential films ever made. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2018
Disruptive solutions that are poised to change the world
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Keyboard Shortcuts
They were Apple's brilliant innovation, and they usually make sense
Live from Berlin: Falling Walls Conference 2018
Which are the next walls to fall in science and society?
The Science of Falling Walls
Berlin conference spotlights world-shaping science
A New Supercomputer Is the World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine
The computer has one million processors and 1,200 interconnected circuit boards
Algorithms Designed to Fight Poverty Can Actually Make It Worse
How algorithms designed to alleviate poverty can perpetuate it instead
Happy, with a 20 Percent Chance of Sadness
Researchers are developing wristbands and apps to predict moods—but the technology has pitfalls as well as promise
