Governments Propose Measures to Protect Citizens from Harmful AI The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed new guidelines aimed at protecting citizens from the harmful effects of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The guidelines...
American, Danish Chemists Win Nobel Prize for Work Leading to New Medicines Three scientists, one from Denmark, and two from the United States, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their work that has led to improved medicines. The winne...
Scientists Win Nobel in Physics for Work on Quantum Science Three scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the field of quantum information science. The Stockholm-based Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the...
Swedish Scientist Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for Research on Early Humans Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for his discoveries on human evolution. His work shows how our immune system works differently from o...
Japanese Researchers Create Remote Control for Cockroaches Most of the time, people are not happy to see cockroaches. The insect is known around the world as a pest a creature that causes problems for people. However, the cockroach is a useful insect...
Drought Is Killing Kenya's Endangered Wildlife Kenya's worst dry weather in forty years has killed almost two percent of the world's rarest zebra in three months. Over the same period, 25 times more elephants died than usual, as well. The drought is...
Study Finds Climate Change Added More Rain to Hurricane Ian Hurricane Ian is heading toward the American state of South Carolina. The powerful ocean storm has already left behind a path of destruction, from Florida to the island nation of Cuba. In Cu...
Technology System Aims to Protect Whales from Ships Scientists have developed a technology-powered mapping tool to prevent ships from hitting whales in areas off America's west coast. The system is called Whale Safe. It uses equipment placed in the o...
Kenya Using Mobile App to Help Track Animals Kenya's wildlife officials have made a free mobile phone app to help track wild animals in the country. They plan to use information from the app to help protect the animals. Kenya is home to nearly 400 sp...
NASA Strikes an Asteroid to Change Its Direction A spacecraft from the American space agency NASA crashed into an asteroid about 11 million kilometers from Earth on Monday. The mission is part of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART. The...
NASA Spacecraft Records Sounds of Space Rocks Hitting Mars Researchers say a spacecraft on Mars has recorded vibrations and sounds of space rocks hitting the planet. The activity was picked up by a seismometer, an instrument that measures ground nois...
Scientists Estimate the Ant Population on Earth Researchers have made the most in-depth estimate yet of the world's ant population. The total number of these resourceful insects was estimated to be 20 quadrillion. A quadrillion is expressed with a on...
Elon Musks Humanoid Robot Faces Concerns from Experts Job listings from Elon Musk's Texas-based Tesla company show that Tesla plans to deploy thousands of human-like, or humanoid, robots within its factories. The robots are being called Tesla Bot or...
New Online Guide Shows Incredible Bird Migrations A new online bird guide documents the extraordinary paths of numerous species in the United States. The recently published guide is called the Bird Migration Explorer. It is a mapping tool created fro...
Elon Musk Seeks to Bring Starlink Internet Service to Iran SpaceX chief Elon Musk says he will seek to bring his Starlink satellite internet service to Iran. The billionaire businessman suggested his plans in a message on Twitter. Earlier this week,...
