In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language…
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Facial recognition technology is becoming more widely used, but this has not been matched by wider acceptance from the public.…
On Nov. 9, 2024, the world will mark Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday – but sadly without Sagan, who died in 1996…
In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions…
Smartglasses, a type of wearable device, have evolved rapidly since the pioneering yet ill-fated Google Glass received social backlash in 2013. Early adopters…
In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While…
One in five UK doctors use a generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tool – such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s…
In 2008, someone using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto published the design of the cryptocurrency bitcoin, proposed the initial code and was active…
The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If…
Have you ever thought of an ankle sprain as a brain injury? Most people probably wouldn’t. However, we are starting…