
Sing Solo For Higher Fidelity
By tracking duetting choir singers, researchers found that when an individual singer's pitch drifts off tune their partner’s tend to too. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Sing Solo For Higher Fidelity
By tracking duetting choir singers, researchers found that when an individual singer's pitch drifts off tune their partner’s tend to too. Christopher Intagliata reports.

The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does
The traces we leave on the Web and on our digital devices can give advertisers and others surprising, and sometimes disturbing, insights into our psychology


How Alexa Learns
Researchers are finding new ways to help the voice service improve its performance

Baseball Commish Talks Big Data
At a sports technology conference, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred addressed issues including an automated strike zone and advanced analytics.

Computer Program Measures the Entropy of Art
The digitization of paintings could help art historians detect previously unknown patterns and connections

Don’t Let Robots Pull the Trigger
Weapons that kill enemies on their own threaten civilians and soldiers alike

Technology Is Upending How Music Is Made
Technology is upending how music gets made

AI's Big Challenge
To make it truly intelligent, researchers need to rethink the way they approach the technology

Out of the Way, Human! Delivery Robots Want a Share of Your Sidewalk
As automated delivery ramps up, cities must decide how to make the best use of public spaces

Europe's Next Big-Budget Science Projects: 6 Teams Proceed to Final Round
AI enhancement and a virtual time machine are included in the short list of pitches

Artificial “Dumbness” May Be a Solution for Engineering Smart Machines
Design principles derived from observing fruit flies may lead to better self-driving cars and improved Parkinson’s treatment

A Machine Gets High Marks for Diagnosing Sick Children
Will artificial intelligence be your next ER doctor?