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Animals

Cats Can Hide Their Pain—But Not from AI

Leila Okahata

Climate Change

AI’s Climate Impact Goes beyond Its Emissions

Jude Coleman

Artificial Intelligence

Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots

Chris Stokel-Walker

Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain

Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help.

Tulika Bose and Sophie Bushwick

Animals

Cats Can Hide Their Pain—But Not from AI

Leila Okahata

Climate Change

AI’s Climate Impact Goes beyond Its Emissions

Jude Coleman

Artificial Intelligence

Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots

Chris Stokel-Walker

Quantum Computing

IBM Releases First-Ever 1,000-Qubit Quantum Chip

Davide Castelvecchi and Nature magazine

Renewable Energy

Google Taps Hot Rocks to Cool Climate

Benjamin Storrow and E&E News

Conservation

Polar Bear Dens Are Hard for Humans to See, but Drone-Mounted Radar Can Help

Andrew Chapman

Engineering

Light Can Travel Backward in Time (Sort Of)

Anna Demming

Artificial Intelligence

AI Teaches Robots the Best Way to Pack a Car, a Suitcase—Or a Rocket to Mars

Nick Hilden

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Defense

What Would聽It聽Mean to聽'Absorb'聽a Nuclear Attack?

The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground...

Ella Weber

Defense

The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same?

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief...

Ella Weber

Defense

Just One U.S. Reservation Hosts Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Story of How That Came to Be

15 nuclear missiles deployed in underground concrete silos across the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. It took displacement and flood to get them there.

Ella Weber

Defense

If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know聽about聽It?

The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota has had nuclear missile silos on its land for decades. Now the U.S. government wants to take the old weapons out and replace them with new ones, and it’s unclear how many living there know about that...

Ella Weber

Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain

Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help.

Tulika Bose and Sophie Bushwick

Special Report

The New Nuclear Age

The U.S. is beginning an ambitious, controversial reinvention of its nuclear arsenal. The project comes with incalculable costs and unfathomable risks...

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Defense

What Radioactive Fallout Tells Us about Our Nuclear Future

The U.S. has embarked on the largest and most expensive nuclear build-out ever. The U.S. military says it is necessary to replace an aging nuclear arsenal. But critics fear the risks.

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Artificial Intelligence

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Privacy

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June 24, 2022

Automobiles

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December 20, 2021

Computing

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December 1, 2021

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Cats Can Hide Their Pain—But Not from AI

AI’s Climate Impact Goes beyond Its Emissions

Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots

AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain

Cats Can Hide Their Pain—But Not from AI

AI’s Climate Impact Goes beyond Its Emissions

Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots

IBM Releases First-Ever 1,000-Qubit Quantum Chip

Google Taps Hot Rocks to Cool Climate

Polar Bear Dens Are Hard for Humans to See, but Drone-Mounted Radar Can Help

Light Can Travel Backward in Time (Sort Of)

AI Teaches Robots the Best Way to Pack a Car, a Suitcase—Or a Rocket to Mars

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What Would聽It聽Mean to聽'Absorb'聽a Nuclear Attack?

The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same?

Just One U.S. Reservation Hosts Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Story of How That Came to Be

If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know聽about聽It?

AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain

Special Report

The New Nuclear Age

Videos

What Radioactive Fallout Tells Us about Our Nuclear Future

These Researchers Used AI to Design a Completely New 'Animal Robot'

Roe v. Wade Was Overturned: Here's How Your Phone Could Be Used to Spy on You

Did Your Catalytic Converter Get Stolen? The Pandemic--and Rhodium--Could Share Some Blame

What is 'The Cloud' and How Does it Pervade Our Lives?

Podcasts

AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain

The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same?

What Would聽It聽Mean to聽'Absorb'聽a Nuclear Attack?

If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know聽about聽It?

Just One U.S. Reservation Hosts Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Story of How That Came to Be