Technology

AI-human collaboration could possibly achieve superhuman greatness in mathematics

Social psychologists could turn artificial-intelligence-powered tools like ChatGPT on to writings from past cultures. Will this help us study ancient civilizations?

This Black physicist’s work on the Manhattan Project inspired a County in Florida two generations after her death

Generative AI could saddle the planet with heaps more hazardous waste

Two years of experimentation taught a Nashville guitarist not every musical myth makes sense

A few dozen ChatGPT queries cost a bottle’s worth of water. Tech firms should consider simpler solutions, such as harvesting rainwater, to meet AI’s needs

“Going viral” appears to be more than just a catchphrase when it comes to the rampant spread of misinformation

Efficient machines, paper ballots and human checks make the U.S. voting system robust

Put your own spin on a zoetrope with homemade drawings—or carve one into a pumpkin

A self-building sponge that efficiently collects gold could eliminate some harsh methods used to process e-waste

A new United Nations expert study of the effects of nuclear war would spur informed and inclusive global debate on what nuclear war means for people and the planet today

The Whip-Poor-Will’s shrill, death-proclaiming song populates the works of Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. But the bird itself has fallen on hard times. Could it become a ghost of Halloweens past?