Machine Learning is Helping to Crack the Code of Intelligence Documents Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·March 10, 2022A new AI program uses machine learning to decrypt intelligence documents in a variety of different foreign languages.
Smoke on the International Space Station: It’s Time for an Upgrade Micah Hanks·September 10, 2021Another concerning incident earlier this week on the International Space Station points to deeper problems for future operations in orbit.
Biden Pledges To Nearly Triple Science Research Funding Tim McMillan·March 26, 2021During his first press conference, U.S. President Joe Biden said his administration was planning to invest heavily in science,...
SETI Astronomer Bets You a Cup of Coffee that We Find Aliens by 2036 Seth Shostak gives an update on SETI's current hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence. MJ Banias·November 30, 2020Seth Shostak says the betting odds are in his favor.
NASA’s Experimental X-59 “Quiet” Supersonic Aircraft Moves One Step Closer to Flight Micah Hanks·May 16, 2024This week, we examine NASA's efforts to bring quiet supersonic flight to commercial aviation as its X-59 experimental aircraft faces its most crucial challenges yet.
Uncanny “Adaptive Durability” Makes This Strange New Material Stronger Every Time You Hit It Christopher Plain·March 21, 2024Engineers have invented a seemingly magical material possessing 'adaptive durability' that makes it stronger after repeated impacts.
Government Shutdown: How It Could Affect the Military and U.S. National Security Micah Hanks·September 28, 2023This week, the Pentagon has voiced concern over the potential for a U.S. government shutdown.
Researchers Manipulating Time Cause First-Ever Successful Photon Collisions Christopher Plain·August 23, 2023Researchers say they have demonstrated the first engineered photon collisions by manipulating time with help from metamaterials.
Self-Replicating Machines: The Ultimate Recipe for Long-Term Survival? Avi Loeb·May 31, 2023The dispersal of self-replicating machines throughout the Universe could be the ultimate recipe for long-term survival.
Algorithm in U.S. Government Test Hacked in Under an Hour with Unique Mathematical Theorem Micah Hanks·November 25, 2022Belgian researchers successfully hacked a United States government algorithm with a special theorem developed by a Canadian mathematician.
Chinese Scientists Say They Have Developed a New Covert “Anti-Stealth” Radar Tim McMillan·August 17, 2022A team of Chinese scientists claim they've developed a new "anti-stealth" radar system that can be covertly set up virtually anywhere.
Adam and Eve and the Garden of AI: Looking at Human Origins Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·May 25, 2022Artificial intelligence, or AI, is helping to better preserve the past, and connect it to the present. From...
Is Apple Averse to the Metaverse? Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·January 13, 2022Unlike some companies, Apple is not jumping onto the metaverse bandwagon. Instead, its new augmented reality (AR) and...
Scientific Advances are Ruining Science Fiction Douglas Richards·March 17, 2021Best-selling science fiction author Douglas Richards explains why our exponential technological development is ruining a literary genre.
U.S. Unprepared For Coming AI Threat, National Security Commission Finds Tim McMillan·March 3, 2021The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) says the U.S. is unprepared to compete with China in the coming AI era.