Computing

The materials used in iPhones and Tesla cars need not become a long-term casualty of a U.S.-China trade war

Rethinking computation casts light on free will, intelligence and more

New research seeks to improve the effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles in search and rescue operations

On its own, the neural network seems to recap a process experienced by human infants

They will have to overcome the challenges of America’s convenient single-stream recycling system

Algorithms learned to sift ultrasonic rat squeaks from other noise, which could help researchers who study rodents’ emotional states. Lucy Huang reports. 

How machines could learn creativity and common sense, among other human qualities

Quadruped robots simulate their skills before going out in the real world

Scientific American's chief features editor Seth Fletcher talks about his book Einstein's Shadow, an account of the long effort to image a black hole that recently came to fruition.

AI and supercomputing are rapidly shifting the way disaster planners, regulators and insurers gauge climate hazards

Known for climate change work, the pioneer says global warming, AI and genetic engineering are self-inflicted threats to humanity

The science and art of password setting and cracking continues to evolve, as does the war between password users and abusers