“Ideas are like rabbits,” John Steinbeck said. “You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” Scientific and technological progress is often viewed in this way.

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The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (6–17 March 2023) is a global opportunity for us to celebrate the achievements of women and girls around the world, and to deepen our ...

Despite surges in fields like AI, medicine and nuclear energy, major advances in science and technology are slowing and are fewer and farther between than decades ago, according to a study published ...

Wrongful Arrests, an expanding surveillance dragnet, defamation and deepfake pornography are all existing dangers of the so-called artificial-intelligence tools currently on the market. These issues, ...

Yoshua Bengio played a crucial role in the development of the machine-learning systems we see today. Now, he says that they could pose an existential risk to humanity. When you purchase through links ...

Two fields that are rapidly evolving, advancing and holding infinite promise for the future of humanity are robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). From the simplest of tasks to the most complex ...

How advances in science and technology are causing us to evolve into a new species. “Homo Techno” features stories—including that of a paralyzed former gang member who received brain implants allowing ...

During our recent interview, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said something arresting that we just can't shake: Everyone assumes AI optimists and doomers are simply exaggerating. But no one asks: "Well, ...

GUANGZHOU, China, June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From June 6 to 7, 2025, the International Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (ISTIF) of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) will make its inaugural ...

Few materials have had such an influence on humanity as plastic. But as a result, tiny fragments, known as microplastics, have become ubiquitous in the environment. They have been found in Earth’s ...