Tag: technology
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...
Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched...
Eli Levenson-Falk, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Quantum mechanics describes the weird behavior of microscopic particles....
‘Whisper networks’ don’t work as well online as off − here’s...
Carrie Ann Johnson, Iowa State University
Whisper networks are informal channels that women use to warn each other about...
4 films that show how humans can fortify – or botch...
Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University and Claire A. Simmers, St. Joseph's University
Artificial intelligence isn’t just a technical challenge. It’s...
What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields
Debra Lam, Georgia Institute of Technology; Atin Adhikari, Georgia Southern University, and James E. Thomas, Georgia Southern University
Precision...
TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social...
Kelley Cotter, Penn State
President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of...
Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat
Brian Downing, University of Mississippi
It is a sad fact of online life that users search for information about...
Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns...
Aditi Verma, University of Michigan
You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
