When AI systems start to make judgments about a person’s quality of life independently without checks and balances such as in the case of AI systems that monitor students' emotions in classrooms to gauge engagement, and AI systems that make decisions on whether someone should be incarcerated, is...

The father of an autistic girl said he was "blown away" when strangers responded to a desperate plea to help his daughter celebrate her birthday. Remi was so upset when only two children turned up for her fifth birthday party that she asked her mother "where are all my friends?"

Antarctica's ice sheets are still releasing radioactive chlorine from marine nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s, a new study finds. This suggests regions in Antarctica store and vent the radioactive element differently than previously thought. The results also improve scientists' ability to use chlorine to learn more about Earth's atmosphere.

You’ve heard it before: In space, no one can hear you scream. That’s because sound doesn’t move through a vacuum, and everyone knows that space is a vacuum. The thing is, that’s not completely true.

They also like to binge episodes instead of waiting week-to-week, according to a new survey.

A new review of research on the Zika virus since 2016 finds there is still much scientists don't understand about the pandemic — including when another may strike.

If your company is still grappling with Europe's data protection laws, then watch out. You'll soon have American data protection laws to deal with, too.

Today's ruling by the European Court of Justice is a linchpin for platforms like Facebook as EU member states can now instruct them to seek out and remove defamatory content worldwide.

For the first time ever, scientists have found corals that were thought to have been killed by heat stress have recovered, a glimmer of hope for the world's climate change-threatened reefs.

Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back.

The suit was once a requirement for every man. Now, people mostly wear suits when they’re in trouble.

A drone air taxi designed by Airbus has successfully completed 114 test flights in Pacific Northwest skies.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been celebrated both for the episode, and also their blunt, unapologetic rebuttal to China banning their show.

There's an invader in their DNA.

A drone video appearing to show hundreds of blindfolded men being led from a train in China has raised new concerns over the ongoing crackdown on Muslim Uyghurs in the far western region of Xinjiang.

The fundamental problem with AI is it is often riddled with society's existing biases and prejudices.

macOS Catalina, the latest version of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, is now available as a free software update.

The formula coats plants thoroughly and sticks to them even through light rain.

A crop of publishers offers would-be authors very low or no advances, and may ask them to forgo royalties or sign nondisclosure agreements.

Tanya Gold published a piece about a plus-size mannequin one Sunday. By Monday morning the internet had gone mad and was out for her blood

The algorithm automatically reads and digests new articles, and posts comments alongside humans.

The Last of Us Part II has been in some form of development on PS4 since 2014.

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Their initial discovery had seemed like a contradiction because most other polymer fibres embrittle in the cold. But after many years of working on the problem, the group of researchers have discovered that silk's cryogenic toughness is based on its nano-scale fibrills. Sub-microscopic order and hierarchy allows a silk to withstand temperatures of down to -200 C. And possibly even lower, which would make these classic natural luxury fibres ideal for applications in the depths of chilly oute...

There could be a simple way to help young children’s brains improve for the better, with long-lasting benefits.