Robotics

Oppenheimer Offers Us a Fresh Warning of AI's Danger

Oppenheimer Offers Us a Fresh Warning of AI's Danger

SIN Jul 27, 2023 0 4

The U.S. ignored Oppenheimer’s warnings about nuclear weapons and rushed to buil...

Ozempic and Other Weight-Loss Drugs Bear Heavy Costs and Questions for Seniors

Ozempic and Other Weight-Loss Drugs Bear Heavy Costs an...

SIN Jul 27, 2023 0 5

Limited data on adults age 60 and older raise questions on whether high-priced w...

This Is How the First-Ever U.S. Asteroid Sample Return Will Unfold

This Is How the First-Ever U.S. Asteroid Sample Return ...

SIN Jul 27, 2023 0 5

Scientists are gearing up for a high-stakes finale to OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S....

The Most Surprising Discoveries in Physics

The Most Surprising Discoveries in Physics

SIN Jul 27, 2023 0 4

Experts weigh in on the most shocking, paradigm-shifting and delightful findings...

Controversial Physicist Faces Mounting Accusations of Scientific Misconduct

Controversial Physicist Faces Mounting Accusations of S...

SIN Jul 27, 2023 0 5

Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers f...

'Millennium Falcon' Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun

'Millennium Falcon' Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops...

SIN Jul 27, 2023 0 5

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, headed for its closest encounter with the sun next year, ...

Are 'Cocaine Sharks' Really Scarfing Down Drugs off Florida's Coasts?

Are 'Cocaine Sharks' Really Scarfing Down Drugs off Flo...

SIN Jul 27, 2023 0 7

With their stealth, speed and serrated teeth, sharks are predators to be reckone...

Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon

Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon

SIN Jul 26, 2023 0 17

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

Psychologists Struggle to Explain the Mind of the Stalker

Psychologists Struggle to Explain the Mind of the Stalker

SIN Jul 26, 2023 0 25

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

Shape-Shifting, Self-Healing Machines Are Among Us

Shape-Shifting, Self-Healing Machines Are Among Us

SIN Jul 26, 2023 0 4

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

Increasing Power Outages Don't Hit Everyone Equally

Increasing Power Outages Don't Hit Everyone Equally

SIN Jul 26, 2023 0 29

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

Dangerous Rip Currents Give Marine Life a Speed Boost

SIN Jul 26, 2023 0 11

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

Airlines Grapple with Flights Delayed by Climate-Fueled Heat

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

SIN Jul 25, 2023 0 5

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

Cells Organize Themselves into 'Neighborhoods' That Could Shape Treatment

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

SIN Jul 25, 2023 0 7

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

The In-Credible Robot Priest and the Limits of Robot Workers

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

SIN Jul 25, 2023 0 3

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

To Solve the LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Crisis, Our Research Must Be More Nuanced

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

SIN Jul 25, 2023 0 4

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

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