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Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui’s giant statues were carved. Lipo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC BY

Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa...

Carl Lipo, Binghamton University, State University of New York Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed...

The ChatGPT effect: In 3 years the AI chatbot has changed...

Deborah Lee, Mississippi State University Three years ago, if someone needed to fix a leaky faucet or understand inflation,...

Colorado is pumping the brakes on first-of-its-kind AI regulation to find...

Stefani Langehennig, University of Denver When the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act passed in May 2024, it made national headlines....

When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...

Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...

New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the...

Kai R. Larsen, University of Colorado Boulder; Roman Lukyanenko, University of Virginia, and Thomas H. Davenport, Babson College Technological...

Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens...

Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints....

Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and...

Rohan Grover, American University and Josh Widera, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism When the Trump administration gave...

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of...

Doug Jacobson, Iowa State University When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon...

EXPLORING NATURE

When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...

Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...
A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?