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A close up of a robotic hand typing on a keyboard.

AI has been stepping out of bounds. Should you be worried?

Headshot of Katya Poltorak
by Katya Poltorak
Exterior of a Home Depot store with the illuminated sign above the entrance and customers pushing carts to their cars.

Why it matters if a retailer has inaccurate personal data on you

Smiling headshot of reporter Hannah Morse
by Hannah Morse
Illustration of a child's head in profile, with a road inside the brain leading to a cyclist navigating a stop sign and a directional arrow, flanked by heart rate lines, representing the link between physical fitness and cognitive control.

Aerobic fitness may be a teller of some brain health, study suggests

Headshot of Cyrus Moulton
by Cyrus Moulton
Hossein Mosallaei looks at a laptop screen, his face lit from the side against a dark room, with a prism-like streak of rainbow light crossing the foreground.

This researcher is using AI to help computers catch up with the brain

Headshot of Katya Poltorak
by Katya Poltorak
A person's hands type on a laptop displaying Python code, with a soft-focus foreground of pink and white light.

Why eGoT gets better answers: Teaching AI to connect the dots

Headshot of Katya Poltorak
by Katya Poltorak
Joseph Jornet examines equipment in his Northeastern lab.

This researcher is launching satellites to unlock faster data speeds

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by Cesareo Contreras
Student Aobo Liu works on a firefighting robot.

This robot can snuff out wildfires with cryogenic liquid

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by Rich McKay
Illustration of a child seated before a large photo of two adults, with a courthouse looming in the background, symbolizing a child's connection to family members' involvement in the criminal legal system.

How many children had a relative criminally charged? Study says 1 in 7

Smiling headshot of reporter Hannah Morse
by Hannah Morse
Calina Copos writing equations on a glass board, with purple lighting creating a double-exposure effect over the mathematical notation.

Cracking the axolotl code: How to regrow limbs and stay young

Headshot of Katya Poltorak
by Katya Poltorak
A hand touches the glowing screen of a smartphone showing an AI chatbot interface, illuminated in red and blue light.

Mental health remains a struggle for AI chatbots, researchers find

by Cody Mello-Klein
Close-up of the Gmail logo and wordmark displayed on a phone screen.

Desktop browsing trends: Gmail first, everything else later

Headshot of Katya Poltorak
by Katya Poltorak
An illustration depicts molecules and connections within the brain.

One of the oldest psychedelics meets modern brain imaging

Headshot of Cyrus Moulton
by Cyrus Moulton