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Science & Technology February 16, 2026

OpenAI has deleted the word ‘safely’ from its mission – and its new structure is a test for whether AI serves society or shareholders

by Alnoor Ebrahim, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] OpenAI, the maker of the most popular AI chatbot, used to say it aimed to…

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Science & Technology February 11, 2026

No animal alive today is ‘primitive’ – why are so many still labeled that way?

by Kevin Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People…

Science & Technology February 5, 2026

AI-generated text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a no-win ‘arms race’ with AI detectors

by Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School and Nathan Sanders, Harvard University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped…

Science & Technology January 29, 2026

Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone

by Patrick Barry, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show “This American Life,” is not a…

Science & Technology January 28, 2026

AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening

by Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Generative AI was trained on centuries of art and writing produced by humans. But scientists…

Science & Technology January 19, 2026

Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too

by Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025,…

Science & Technology January 12, 2026

NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them

by Daniel Apai, University of Arizona, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force…

Science & Technology January 2, 2026

AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets

by Marcos Fernandez Tous, University of North Dakota; Preeti Nair, University of North Dakota; Sai Susmitha Guddanti, University of North Dakota, and Sreejith Vidhyadharan Nair, University of North Dakota, [This…

Science & Technology January 1, 2026

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

by Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or…

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