Real-time crime centers are transforming policing—criminologist explains how advanced surveillance systems work
In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing a 7-year-old and injuring his father. The suspect fled the scene and eventually escaped to Mexico. Using camera footage and cellphone data, ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Older Americans prepare themselves for a world altered by artificial intelligence
The students—most with gray hair, some with canes, all at least in their 60s—couldn't believe what they were hearing.
Aug 13, 2024
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Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56
Susan Wojcicki, a pioneering tech executive who helped shape Google and YouTube, has died, her husband said. She was 56.
Aug 11, 2024
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Humans change their own behavior when training AI
A new cross-disciplinary study by Washington University in St. Louis researchers has uncovered an unexpected psychological phenomenon at the intersection of human behavior and artificial intelligence: When told they were ...
Aug 7, 2024
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What's next in AI: Can we become virtually immortal? Do we want to?
Question: If you could create an AI twin of yourself, would you?
Jul 15, 2024
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Smoking laptop in passenger's bag prompts evacuation on American Airlines flight in San Francisco
A smoking laptop in a passenger's bag prompted an evacuation on an American Airlines flight headed to Miami from San Francisco International Airport Friday, according to the airline.
Jul 13, 2024
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How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT
When you're an expert in medical CT imaging, two things are bound to happen, says Peter Noël, Ph.D., associate professor of Radiology and director of CT Research at the Perelman School of Medicine. One: You develop an insatiable ...
Jul 3, 2024
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Barcelona aims to become Airbnb-free zone by 2029
Barcelona, one of Europe's most visited cities, said Friday it aims to ban apartment rentals to tourists by 2029 to ease the housing shortage in Spain's second largest city.
Jun 21, 2024
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Bird strike: What happens when a plane collides with a bird?
Late last night, Virgin Australia flight VA 148 set out from Queenstown in New Zealand bound for Melbourne. Not long after takeoff, the right engine of the Boeing 737-800 jet started emitting loud bangs, followed by flames.
Jun 18, 2024
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Undersea explorers mark a tragic day. Things to know about the Titan disaster anniversary
A year after an experimental submersible imploded en route to the Titanic, unanswered questions linger—with no immediate answers.
Jun 18, 2024
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Singapore Airlines jet endured huge swings in gravitational force during turbulence, report says
The Singapore Airlines jetliner that hit severe turbulence last week went through huge swings in gravitational force in less than five seconds, likely causing the injuries to people who weren't buckled into their seats, according ...
May 29, 2024
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What's in a room? Research looks at building materials and mood
If one room makes you anxious and the other makes you chill, you could be a data point proving the benefit of natural building materials.
May 28, 2024
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Deathtrap cable cars spook Turkey's intrepid tea farmers
You need to be part daredevil to live in the spectacularly steep hills overlooking the Black Sea where Turkey grows its tea.
May 24, 2024
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Scientists are using drones to find missing WWII servicemen
Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York are using drones and LIDAR technology to reveal hidden WWII battlefields and help find missing servicemen.
May 23, 2024
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Can airplane turbulence really kill you? Aircraft propulsion expert weighs in on Singapore Airlines death
One person was killed and several dozen more injured Tuesday when a flight from London to Singapore encountered "sudden extreme turbulence" and plummeted roughly 6,000 feet in a matter of minutes, according to The Washington ...
May 22, 2024
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Aviation experts to begin probe of Singapore Airlines turbulence incident that left British man dead
Aviation investigators arrived in Bangkok Wednesday to learn how and why severe turbulence sent a Singapore Airlines plane into a sudden dive that tossed passengers and crew around the cabin, leaving a British man dead and ...
May 22, 2024
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Most of passengers from battered Singapore Airlines jetliner arrive in Singapore from Bangkok
Singapore Airlines said a relief plane flew into Singapore early Wednesday morning with most of the passengers who were on a flight that was battered by severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and had to make an emergency ...
May 22, 2024
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Research team uses CT network to promote public access to open science
Reading about the latest scientific discovery—such as the unearthing of a fossil representing a new species of tiny dinosaur—can be fascinating. But what if it were possible to do more than just read about it? What if ...
May 22, 2024
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