
How Machine Learning Could Keep Dangerous DNA out of Terrorists' Hands
Sophisticated algorithms could help DNA-synthesis companies avoid making dangerous organisms on demand

How Machine Learning Could Keep Dangerous DNA out of Terrorists' Hands
Sophisticated algorithms could help DNA-synthesis companies avoid making dangerous organisms on demand

Forget Everything You Know about 3-D Printing—the "Replicator" Is Here
Rather than building objects layer by layer, the printer creates whole structures by projecting light into a resin that solidifies


How Virtual Reality Will Transform Medicine
Anxiety disorders, addiction, acute pain and stroke rehabilitation are just a few of the areas where VR therapy is already in use

An Algorithm That Can Spot When People Lie to the Police
The tool has already helped detect fake reports leading to the detention of several suspects across Spain

Understanding Facial Recognition in the Brain and Welcoming Some New Faces among SA Contributors

What If Your Fitbit Could Run on a Wi-Fi Signal?
New 2-D electronic technology may reap radio energy to power an array of devices such as hearing aids, sensors and other gadgets that make up the Internet of Things

A Simple Camera and an Algorithm Let You See around Corners
A preliminary study shows how it might be possible one day to use a smartphone app to look around a bend without the help of a mirror

RoboFossil Reveals Locomotion of Beast from Deep Time
Modeling shows the 290-million-year-old Orobates had an advanced way of walking—revising an enduring view of how tetrapods colonized dry land

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

New App Uses Sonar to Detect Opioid Overdoses
The technology utilizes smartphone speakers and microphone to monitor breathing

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