Recent articles from publications based in United States.
MIT Newsby Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research8d ago
A functional nervous system depends on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. So as developing organisms build their nervous systems, their neurons must take on different forms and functions to...
MIT Newsby Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering8d ago
Innovation is a concept that has become mythologized in the modern era: what it is, how to manage it, how to teach it, and how to get it to work for us.
Gristby Tik Root8d ago
Sales of used electric vehicles continued their surge in July, jumping 7.7 percent from June and 10.1 percent compared to last year, according to data Cox Automotive released today.
Defense Oneby Katie Arrington8d ago
CMMC Works. Now let’s sharpen it. This is not the moment to loosen the standard, writes a former DOD CIO.
Defense Oneby Thomas Novelly8d ago
Army’s Apache grounding prompted by deadly Texas crash will end this week, memo says The service confirmed a transmission problem on the helicopters three months ago.
Nieman Labby Joshua Benton8d ago
It was in 1964 that Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, asked to define obscenity for the purposes of law, wrote his famous heuristic: “I know it when I see it.” But when it comes to AI-generated...
MIT Newsby Adam Zewe | MIT News8d ago
The scales of a pine cone open in low humidity to scatter seeds, but close in damp conditions to protect seeds from moisture.
Nieman Labby Bhavya Dore9d ago
An animated phone vibrates on a blackened screen as ominous piano music tinkles in the background. When you click, speech bubbles appear. “It’s Thanasis Koukakis,” the person on the other end says.
IEEE Spectrumby Dov Fine9d ago
About 16 percent of the global population—more than 1 billion people—live with some form of disability, according to the World Health Organization.
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News9d ago
MIT researchers have engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, allowing the team to create living “circuit boards” that can be printed onto a growth medium in a Petri dish.
Atlas Obscuraby Holyn Thigpen9d ago
The humble glow worm is, in fact, a catchall term for numerous glowing creatures, from gnat larvae to fire flys to algae, that can be found all over the world.
OCCRP9d ago
Reported by Fiji handed over an American citizen suspected of involvement in multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes across the United States that promised participants returns as high as...
OCCRP9d ago
Reported by In what appears to be the latest escalation of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign launched by Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, federal authorities have arrested the...
Science Newsby Jake Buehler9d ago
Not all slime is created equal. A species of land snails tweaks its slime’s chemical recipe to create five different varieties of mucus, using each for a particular job.
Atlas Obscuraby Holyn Thigpen9d ago
All over the world, you can find ancient organisms that have existed for thousands, sometimes even millions, of years: living testaments of endurance and adaptation amidst changing climates and...
IEEE Spectrumby Andrej Zdravkovic9d ago
The impact of AI on software development has been both profound and ever-evolving. Last year, I wrote about AMD’s plans to use AI not just for generating new lines of code, but also for other steps...
Science Newsby Meghan Rosen9d ago
The COVID-19 vaccine may give brain cancer patients a bonus shot at survival. Patients who received the vaccine within 100 days before biopsy or tumor surgery lived twice as long as those who...
The Marginalianby Maria Popova9d ago
Nature’s Oldest Mandolin: The Poetic Science of How Cicadas Sing By Maria Popova “The use of music,” Richard Powers wrote, “is to remind us how short a time we have a body” — a truth nowhere more...
Yale E360by Nicola Jones9d ago
China is leading the world on renewable energy, last year installing more wind and solar capacity than every other country put together.
Defense Oneby Ross Wilkers9d ago
Defense firm L3Harris promotes Mehta to CEO in abrupt leadership change Chris Kubasik, L3Harris’ CEO since June 2021, has left the company following a code of conduct investigation.
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