Robotics

Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon

A new USDA report finds forests could become a major emitter of carbon by 2070

Psychologists Struggle to Explain the Mind of the Stalker

Attempts to understand the psychopathology of romantic infatuation and sexual pr...

Shape-Shifting, Self-Healing Machines Are Among Us

Electronics that can bend, stretch and repair themselves could potentially work ...

Increasing Power Outages Don't Hit Everyone Equally

Some of the most vulnerable communities in the U.S. live in places that are part...

Dangerous Rip Currents Give Marine Life a Speed Boost

Rip currents pose a danger to swimmers at the beach, but they also play an impor...

Airlines Grapple with Flights Delayed by Climate-Fueled...

Longer, more intense heat waves fueled by climate change could make it harder fo...

Cells Organize Themselves into 'Neighborhoods' That Cou...

“Cell atlases” offer an unprecedented look at how kidney cells become diseased a...

The In-Credible Robot Priest and the Limits of Robot Wo...

Some jobs just need the human touch to work, even with automated assistance

To Solve the LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Crisis, Our Rese...

Young people do not fall into neat categories of race, sexual orientation or gen...

Can AI Replace Actors? Here's How Digital Double Tech W...

Motion capture and detailed face scans allow TV and film production teams to rep...

This Summer's Record-Breaking Heat Waves Would Not Have...

Climate change made heat waves in the U.S. Southwest, Europe and China hotter an...

Why Maternal Mortality Rates Are Getting Worse Across t...

A new study shows U.S. maternal mortality rates are increasing, and health care ...

Teenagers Skeptical of Social Media Have a Lower Risk o...

Young people can counter social media messaging that promotes thinness by bringi...

How a Doodler's Problem Sparked a Controversy in Math

The twisty history and surprise ending of the four-color theorem saga

Psychopathic Tendencies Help Some People Succeed in Bus...

Traits in psychopaths may be present to some extent in all of us. New research i...

Are You a Lucid Dreamer?

A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset ...

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