How AI Bots Could Sabotage 2024 Elections around the World
Hate speech, political propaganda and outright lies are hardly new problems online—even if…
What Taylor Swift Conspiracies Reveal, According to Science
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Beyond the Doom and Gloom, Here's How to Stimulate Climate Action
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A gloom and doom approach does not always spur climate action, it…
We Need Cybersecurity in Space to Protect Satellites
As the digital age has advanced, satellites have become indispensable pillars of our modern world…
Can 'Conversations' with Whales Teach Us to Talk with Aliens?
For some scientists who are eager to talk with aliens, the best avenue isn’t any telescope pointed…
The FCC vs. the News in Your Neighborhood
Local broadcasting might have a future if the agency’s ownership rules would get out of the…
OpenAI's Soap Opera Collapse Bodes Ill for AI Benefiting Humanity
December 11, 2023
4 min read
Whatever fantasies we may have had about the nonprofit structure of…
The Same Extremists Target Both Muslims and Jews
December 7, 2023
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Far-right extremists shifted their online hate from Muslims to Jews in…
Light Can Travel Backward in Time (Sort Of)
Can we turn back time? Ask a savvy physicist, and the answer will be “it depends.”
Schemes for…