Artificial Intelligence

The Download: Words of wisdom from the departing White House tech advisor, and controversial AI manga translation

President Biden’s administration will end within two months, and likely to depart with him is Arati Prabhakar, the top mind for science...

What the departing White House chief tech advisor has to say on AI

If consumers don't have confidence that the AI tools they're interacting with are respecting their privacy, are not embedding bias and discrimination,...

The moon is just the beginning for this waterless concrete

Building a home base on the moon will demand a steep supply of moon-based infrastructure: launch pads, shelter, and radiation blockers. But...

Inside the ‘swat team’ — how insects react to virtual reality gaming

Humans get a real buzz from the virtual world of gaming and augmented reality but now scientists have trialled the use of these...

The Download: Bird flu, and waterless concrete for the moon

How worried should we be about bird flu? The past few months have seen some potentially worrisome developments in the US, including...

The risk of a bird flu pandemic is rising

Virologists have been especially worried about the virus making its way into pigs, because these animals are notorious viral incubators. “They can...

What’s next for NASA’s giant moon rocket?

“I think it would be the right call,” says Abhishek Tripathi, a former mission director at SpaceX now at the University of...

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