
How Older People Can Stay Safe from Fraud and Scams
Older people are increasingly becoming the targets of fraudsters. Here’s how to stay safe and what to do if you think you’ve been scammed

How Older People Can Stay Safe from Fraud and Scams
Older people are increasingly becoming the targets of fraudsters. Here’s how to stay safe and what to do if you think you’ve been scammed

In the Race to Artificial General Intelligence, Where’s the Finish Line?
Claims of artificial general intelligence are increasingly common. But can anyone agree on what it is?


Remembering Lynn Conway, of the Conway Effect, Who Helped Launch the Computing Revolution
Lynn Conway, a trans woman and advocate for LGBTQ rights, was underappreciated and often underrecognized for her work in chip design

Tiny Spheres Key to Tunable ‘Smart Liquid’
Programmable liquids could aid robot grippers, shock absorption, acoustics, and more

How This Real Image Won an AI Photo Competition
Nature still outdoes the machine, says a photographer whose real image won an AI photography competition

We Should Engineer Better Learning in Our Schools
Students should learn about both the natural world and human-made—or engineered—one we live in

Longer and Longer Freight Trains Drive Up the Odds of Derailment
Replacing two 50-car trains with a single 100-car train increases the odds of derailment by 11 percent, according to a new risk analysis

Has AI Already Brought Us the Terminator Future?
Is baby Skynet already here? We need robust laws now to withstand eliminating humans from nuclear decision-making

There’s No Need to Panic over ‘Flying’ Spiders, and Satellites Are Not So Great for the Ozone Layer
Sweltering heat in Greece, ozone-damaging chemicals on the decline and an investigation of what space does to our body are all in this week’s news roundup.

Electric Flying Taxis Are Quietly Sneaking Up on Us
New electric-powered, vertical-lift aircraft are rising to the challenge of delivering clean and cheap air taxi services

What Do Google’s AI Answers Cost the Environment?
Google is bringing AI answers to a billion people this year, but generative AI requires much more energy than traditional keyword searches

Climate Misinformation Is Rampant. AI May Be Able to Stop It
Researchers want to create an AI system that can quickly detect and debunk false or misleading claims about climate change