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AI image and video generators now produce fully lifelike content. AI-generated image by Siwei Lyu using Google Gemini 3

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Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here’s what’s coming next

Staff Writer - January 1, 2026

AI agents have emerged from the lab, bringing promise and peril. tadamichi/iStock via Getty Images

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AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026

Modern winter jackets use a few time-honored physics principles to keep you warm. Magda Indigo/Moment via Getty Images

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New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter jacket keeps you warm

Large language models have become extremely good at mimicking human writing. Robert Wicher/iStock via Getty Images

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Why it’s so hard to tell if a piece of text was written by AI – even for AI

Yes, AI tutors can provide individualized feedback, but learning is inherently social. Maskot via Getty Images

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The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process

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AI Writes a Beatles-Style Song: Cue the End of the Human...

Antonio Beliveau - October 2, 2016

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Zip App Predicts Vastly Different Election Outcomes to Polls

Rob Hill - August 29, 2016

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Are We Exploiting Our Children on Facebook?

Viva Bianca - August 12, 2016

Personal Tech

How Twitter gives scientists a window into human happiness and health

Staff Writer - July 13, 2016

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Can technology help fashion clean up its act?

Staff Writer - July 12, 2016

Everything Else

Are the high-rolling quants of horse racing our friends or foes?

Staff Writer - May 20, 2016

Government

Is it time for a presidential technoethics commission?

Staff Writer - May 12, 2016

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Uber’s quasi union could be a Faustian bargain for drivers

Staff Writer - May 11, 2016

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EXPLORING NATURE

Why did this community burn one woman’s remains in such a visible, spectacular way? Patrick Fahey

Environment

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...

Staff Writer - January 3, 2026

Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma

Eaton fire survivors gather in Altadena, Calif., to talk about recovery six months after the LA fires. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety –...

December 31, 2025

U.S. researchers are seeking the light at the end of a rough year for science. Westend61/Getty Images

‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers...

December 31, 2025

Modern winter jackets use a few time-honored physics principles to keep you warm. Magda Indigo/Moment via Getty Images

New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter...

December 27, 2025

Hormone changes that begin years before menopause can cause gradual muscle loss and increased insulin resistance. Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Midlife weight gain can start long before menopause – but you...

December 26, 2025