Virtual Reality & Empathy
Virtual reality experiences could boost empathy.
Anti-Vaccine Cyberbots
Russian cyberbots are spreading vaccine disinformation.
3D Sound Synthesizer
A software program calculates the sounds made by animated objects.
Daily Tweet Cycle
Can tweets reveal how thoughts and moods shift throughout the day?
Baby Translator
A new app helps parents interpret the meaning of their babies' cries.
Mountain Legacy Project
Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky Mountains.
Spreading False News
Why false news spreads faster than the truth on social media.
Robot Drum Arm
A robotic third arm helps drummers execute previously impossible percussion patterns.
Parents, Kids & Math
An educational app helps parents with math anxiety help their kids excel in the subject.
Marine Debris Tracker
A smartphone app allows citizen scientists to track litter that makes its way into our waterways.
Peak Randomness
Mathematically random behavior in humans peaks at the quarter-century mark.
Biased Artificial Intelligence
Computer scientists discover bias in artificial intelligence programs.
Crowdsourcing Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. Navy asks computer gamers to help brainstorm the challenge posed by super-intelligent machines.
AI Beats People at Poker
A computer program finally beats the pros at poker.
Ape Theory of Mind
Chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans exhibit a very "human" trait: an awareness that others can act on false beliefs about reality.
Marine Debris Tracker
A smartphone app allows citizen scientists to track litter that makes its way into our waterways.
Brain Voices
Scientists are beginning to reconstruct the words people hear based on electrical activity in their brains.
Carbon Transistors
Engineers design powerful new transistors with carbon nanotubes.
Googling Chicken Pox
Internet search engines can help predict disease outbreaks.
Email Spam
Email spammers use disorienting techniques to get you to click on their links.