Jun 23 People want self-driving cars to value passenger safety over pedestrians, study says By Julia Griffin Researchers find a moral inconsistency around self-driving vehicles that could present roadblocks to greater public safety. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 4:29 Teen scientist’s revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless By PBS News Hour At age nine, Arsh Shah Dilbagi asked his parents for a puppy; they gave him a Lego kit instead. Undeterred, Arsh used it to construct a dog. Now 17, the tech prodigy is still building his dreams from scratch. His… Continue watching
Jun 21 Federal panel approves first use of CRISPR gene editing in humans By Sharon Begley, STAT A federal biosafety and ethics panel on Tuesday unanimously approved the first study in cancer patients of the genome-editing technology CRISPR/Cas9. Continue reading
Jun 19 Solar plane leaving U.S. for Europe after yearlong stay By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered plane circling the world, is set to depart from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday morning and begin its flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading
Jun 16 This computer algorithm might be able to predict the next ISIS attack By Nsikan Akpan Want to stop an ISIS attack? Don’t start with lone wolves, according to new computer analysis of pro-ISIS groups on social media. Continue reading
Jun 15 How do dolphins communicate? Cracking the code of the mammal’s whistles and clicks By Julia Griffin Denise Herzing’s research team hopes to better understand the spotted dolphins’ underwater communication system. Continue reading
Jun 06 Did a Norwegian law inadvertently cut innovation in universities? By Making Sen$e Editor When Norway changed its laws to give universities a major share of the profits from their professors' patents and startups, the rate of innovation was halved. Continue reading
Jun 02 The secret things you give away through your phone metadata By Nsikan Akpan Two studies explain exactly what people can learn from your metadata...and how to stop them. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 7:10 Beam me up — NASA experiments with inflatable modules By PBS News Hour Over the weekend, astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station added a module like none other. Think an RV that expands out the back with extra space for sleeping quarters. In the case of the ISS, it was an inflatable… Continue watching
May 31 This innovative, wound-filling sponge just saved its first soldier By News Desk XSTAT, a device designed to staunch bleeding from combat wounds -- when traditional methods are too slow or insufficient -- was successful in its first documented use in the field. Continue reading