Science and Technology

Science and Technology March 16, 2023

AI isn’t close to becoming sentient – the real danger lies in how easily we’re prone to anthropomorphize it

by Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] ChatGPT and similar large language models can produce compelling, humanlike answers to an endless array…

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Science and Technology March 15, 2023

How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes

by Qiusheng Wu, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you want to track changes in the Amazon rainforest, see the full expanse…

Science and Technology March 9, 2023

Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language – bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills

by James C. Nieh, University of California, San Diego, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a…

Science and Technology March 6, 2023

How does RNA know where to go in the city of the cell? Using cellular ZIP codes and postal carrier routes

by Matthew Taliaferro, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Before 2020, when my friends and acquaintances asked me what I…

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Science and Technology March 6, 2023

A little bit of narcissism is normal and healthy – here’s how to tell when it becomes pathological

by April Nisan Ilkmen, Adler University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] During former President Donald Trump’s campaign and presidency, the word narcissism became something of…

Artificial Intelligence March 1, 2023

DALL-E 2 and Midjourney can be a boon for industrial designers

by Juan Noguera, Rochester Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Since the introduction of DALL-E 2 and ChatGPT, there has been a fair…

Science and Technology February 23, 2023

ChatGPT could be an effective and affordable tutor

by Anne Trumbore, University of Virginia [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Imagine a private tutor that never gets tired, has access to massive amounts of…

Artificial Intelligence February 5, 2023

Is It I, Or Is It A.I.? Could You Tell Who Wrote This Column?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College From colleges to the comic strip Doonesbury to just about any area focusing on composition, the subject of artificial intelligence…

Science and Technology February 3, 2023

ChatGPT is great – you’re just using it wrong

by Jonathan May, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It doesn’t take much to get ChatGPT to make a factual mistake. My…

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Science and Technology January 24, 2023

Device transmits radio waves with almost no power – without violating the laws of physics

by Joshua R. Smith, University of Washington and Zerina Kapetanovic, Stanford University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A new ultra-low-power method of communication at first…

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