How falling solar costs have renewed clean hydrogen hopes »
The world is increasingly banking on green hydrogen fuel to fill some of the critical missing pieces in the clean-energy puzzle.
US presidential …
“Am I going crazy or am I being stalked?” Inside the disturbing online world of gangstalking »
Jenny’s story is not linear, the way that we like stories to be. She was born in Baltimore in 1975 and had a …
Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy »
The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for the test proctoring industry. About half a dozen companies in the US claim their software …
Mars may not have been the warm, wet planet we thought it was »
Mars today is a cold, dry wasteland—but things were likely much different billions of years ago. Since we started launching robotic missions to …
A guide to the TikTokish apps that want to be the next TikTok »
Last week, Alessandro Bogliari wouldn’t have imagined that anyone posed a serious threat to TikTok. Yes, there were imitators and competitors out there, …
The UK is dropping an immigration algorithm that critics say is racist »
The news: The UK Home Office has said it will stop using an algorithm to process visa applications that critics claim is racially …
SpaceX flew a prototype of its Starship vehicle for the first time »
Called SN5, and with just one of the company’s powerful Raptor engines, this vehicle is a long way from the version SpaceX is …
How to cast a wider net for tracking space junk »
Laser ranging only gives you a location window that’s up to several thousand kilometers in distance. For better predictions, debris trackers can also …
Novavax has announced encouraging early results for its experimental coronavirus vaccine »
The news: Maryland biotechnology company Novavax has announced encouraging results from a preliminary study of its experimental coronavirus vaccine. The trial enrolled 131 …
The hack that could make face recognition think someone else is you »
“If we go in front of a live camera that is using facial recognition to identify and interpret who they’re looking at and …
Eli Lilly is testing a way to prevent covid-19 that’s not a vaccine »
Nurses and patients in some US assisted living facilities will receive an antibody drug to prevent covid-19 infection, according to drug company Eli …
Climate change-fueled heatwaves could kill millions »
Blistering heatwaves are breaking temperature records around the globe this year, from Iraq to the American Southwest. And it’s only going to get …
The quest for quantum-proof encryption just made a leap forward »
Many of the things you do online every day are protected by encryption so that no one else can spy on it. Your …
The field of natural language processing is chasing the wrong goal »
At a typical annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), the program is a parade of titles like “A Structured Variational …
How an EU tax could slash climate emissions far beyond Europe »
Last week, European Union leaders approved the most aggressive climate-change plan in history.
The eye-catching part was the $600 billion dedicated to green …
The problems AI has today go back centuries »
In the same way, the paper’s authors argue, this colonial history explains some of the most troubling characteristics and impacts of AI. They …
Climate-change-driven flooding could endanger 200 million people—in 30 years »
Rising tides and storm surges will devastate economies and communities around the globe, if we don’t dramatically cut greenhouse-gas emissions and bolster shoreline …
American parents are setting up homeschool “pandemic pods” »
Some entrepreneurs are capitalizing on the moment. Alice Locatelli founded thecopod.com just a few weeks ago. Interested parties input their location and requirements—the …
Chinese and Russian hackers were just sanctioned by Europe for the first time »
The European Union imposed its first-ever sanctions for cyberattacks on Thursday, targeting Russian, Chinese, and North Korean groups connected to several major hacking …
Canada’s narwhals skewer Silicon Valley’s unicorns »
Toronto and the corridor that stretches west to Kitchener and Waterloo is already Canada’s capital of finance and technology—and naturally, the region’s leaders …
