To Limit Solar Geoengineering's Side Effects, the Right "Dose" Is Needed
Deploying sunlight-blocking aerosols to counteract only some global warming could avoid changes to precipitation
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How Security Experts Track North Korea's Nuclear Activity
Remote techniques can detect signs of active testing—but they don’t tell us everything
Don't Let Robots Pull the Trigger
Weapons that kill enemies on their own threaten civilians and soldiers alike
Rising High: GM Yeast Generates Known and Novel Marijuana Compounds
Engineered microorganisms churn out THC, CBD and rarer, less-understood cannabis cousins
Should Robots Have a License to Kill?
Artificial intelligence experts, ethicists and diplomats debate autonomous weapons. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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
Finally Over for Mars Rover
The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars.
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 Nobel Prize–Worthy Idea: What Is Chirped Pulse Amplification?
How does the laser technology that earned the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics come into our everyday lives?
A Machine Gets High Marks for Diagnosing Sick Children
Will artificial intelligence be your next ER doctor?
Putting Solar Panels on Water Is a Great Idea—but Will It Float?
The U.S. has been slow to embrace the technology, even though Japan and China are zooming ahead
What Birds Can Teach Us about Flying Robots
Modeling the physics of bird jumping is helping engineers make more mobile machines
Re-engineering the Colorado River to Save the Grand Canyon
Can dam releases that mimic natural flows restore the Grand Canyon ecosystem?
"Rectenna" Converts Wi-Fi to Electricity
Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests wi-fi, bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into DC electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports.
New App Helps People Remember Faces
An app could help those with face blindness but has raised concerns among privacy experts
What's Changed Since My First Column for Scientific American
What’s changed since my first Scientific American column
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
"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?
Simulating a Cleaner World, From Molecule to Metropolis
Engineers are using sophisticated models to clean plastic debris from oceans, optimize airflow in smog-filled cities, and make vehicles lighter and more efficient.
