Technology Is Secretly Stealing Your Time. Here’s How to Get It Back
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Technology is supposed…
Bed Bugs and Influencers Spark Pest Panic in Paris. Here’s What You Need to Know
It was hard to miss the dire headlines: bed bugs were reportedly all over Paris during the city’s Fashion Week,…
Here’s Why Salt Water Is Invading the Mississippi and Whether It Will Happen More Often
CLIMATEWIRE | The drought-driven wedge of salt water creeping up the Mississippi River is deepening a mystery about one of…
The Latest AI Chatbots Can Handle Text, Images and Sound. Here’s How
Slightly more than 10 months ago OpenAI’s ChatGPT was first released to the public. Its arrival ushered in an era…
Streetlights Are Mysteriously Turning Purple. Here’s Why
American cities and towns started switching their streetlights from sodium lamps to LEDs about 15 years ago, which changed the…
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infections Are on the Rise in the U.S. Here’s How to Stay Safe
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal –…
Here’s How to Actually Keep Kids and Teens Safe Online
The Internet can be a risky place. There are endless feeds filled with posts that contain graphic sexual and violent…
Hurricane Idalia could have caused even more damage to Florida. Here’s why it didn’t.
ATLANTA — In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had grown into a Category 4 beast…
If AI Becomes Conscious, Here’s How We Can Tell
Science fiction has long entertained the idea of artificial intelligence becoming conscious — think of HAL 9000, the supercomputer-turned-villain in…
The Last Super Blue Moon until 2037 Rises Tonight. Here’s How to See It
August is almost over, but it still has a rare event to deliver to skywatchers in the form of a…