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Some parents call tablets the ‘square au pair.’ Danielle Villasana/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Toy Story 5’s ‘Lilypad’ is an indictment of the world that birthed the ‘iPad Kid’

Staff Writer - June 19, 2026

Space is full of satellites and debris – data centers could one day join the mix. NicoElNino, NASA/iStock via Getty Images

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Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper, but major engineering challenges must be solved

An Amazon data center sits next to a neighborhood in northern Virginia. Nathan Howard/Getty Images

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5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country as a whole

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is suing Character.AI to stop its chatbot from posing as doctors. Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images via Getty Images

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What Pennsylvania’s AI chatbot lawsuit teaches us about the psychology behind medical trust

It’s all too easy – by design – to agree to a privacy policy without checking the voluminous fine print to find out what you’re giving away. Sean Gladwell/Moment via Getty Images

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Privacy isn’t dead – it’s just that tech companies have made it inconvenient

You can make AI chatbots spout information that’s not true. Nicoletaionescu/iStock via Getty Images

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You can persuade AI models to accept falsehoods as truth, study shows

Staff Writer - May 16, 2026

Sycophancy eats away at truth and trust. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

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AI chatbots can prioritize flattery over facts – and that carries...

Staff Writer - May 2, 2026

Amazon’s AI shopping assistant, Rufus, on a computer monitor on Dec. 1, 2024, in New York. Company apps, including Rufus, may make it easier to shop, but consumers might balk at giving up too much of the shopping experience. AP Photo/Peter Morgan

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What we lose when artificial intelligence does our shopping

Staff Writer - April 23, 2026

Human love is valuable precisely because it’s limited – we can’t be everything to everyone all the time. Maria Korneeva/Moment via Getty Images

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AI companions can give constant support – but distort ideas about...

Staff Writer - April 14, 2026

Ghostwriting sits at the nexus of collaboration and deception. EThamPhoto/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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If using ChatGPT is cheating, what about ghostwriting? The old debate...

Staff Writer - March 25, 2026

An estimated 85% of K-12 public school teachers recently reported that they used AI during the 2024-2025 school year. ismagilov/iStock/Getty Images Plus

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More and more teachers and students are using AI – even...

Staff Writer - March 18, 2026

AI poses new safety risks to humanity. sarayut Thaneera/Moment via Getty Images

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OpenAI has deleted the word ‘safely’ from its mission – and...

Staff Writer - February 15, 2026

Tiny insulating layers inside electronics help store charge so computers can run smoothly. bee32/iStock via Getty Images

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An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator −...

Staff Writer - January 19, 2026

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EXPLORING NATURE

People are often concerned about environmental risks lurking near their homes. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...

Staff Writer - July 1, 2026

Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...

Leaving the pyrotechnics to the professionals is safer and more spectacular. YinYang/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Fireworks, heat and drought make this July 4th a recipe for wildfires

June 30, 2026

Rescue workers carry a person on a stretcher in Caracas following an earthquake in Venezuela on June 24, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Aid is on the way after Venezuela’s earthquakes, but it’s not...

June 27, 2026

A June 24, 2026, earthquake shook buildings to the ground, trapping and killing people in Caracas, Venezuela, and nearby communities. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San...

June 26, 2026

Many yoga classes end with the instructor explaining ‘namaste’ as ‘the divine in me bows to the divine in you.’ Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Why it’s OK to say ‘namaste’ in yoga class

June 23, 2026