Category: 9. Sci-Tech

Without a crystal ball, it’s impossible to predict with absolute certainty the outcome of any legal process. But AI is getting pretty close.

A startup in Israel has developed an algorithm that is currently 85 percent accurate in…

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.

Far from being solo operators, most single-celled microbes are in complex relationships. In the ocean, the soil, and your gut, they might battle and eat each other, exchange DNA,…

When you think about bacteria, your mind might jump to germs or yogurt, but have you ever thought of them as possible environmental heroes? Turns out, they might be just the allies we need to tackle a modern-day chemical villain:…

Billions of years ago, while the solar system was still young, a massive object may have drifted into it. It’s not a spaceship, but it is an alien visitor in its own right—a colossal interstellar body hundreds of times heavier than…

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The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people wondering: Who’s most likely to embrace AI in their daily lives? Many assume it’s the tech-savvy—those…

Karen Short, a research ecologist with the Forest Service who contributed to the study and maintains a historical database of national wildfire reports, says understanding why they start is essential for preventing them and educating the public….