New global map shows populations are growing faster in flood-prone areas
Even as climate change and urbanization make floods more frequent and their consequences more severe,…
Stop giving out booster shots until more of the world is vaccinated, says the WHO
The WHO has called for a halt to any booster shots until the end of…
These are all the connections in a bit of mouse brain the size of a grain of sand
Neuroscientists have released the most detailed 3D map of the mammalian brain ever made, created…
What you need to know about New York City’s new vaccine proof
New York City will be the first city in the US to require proof of…
Podcast: Beating the AI hiring machines
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Looking for work? Here’s how to write a résumé that an AI will love.
Through job-matching platforms and AI-powered games and interviews, companies are relying more and more on…
The voices of women in tech are still being erased
In the middle of the night on May 24, TikTok changed its voice. The ubiquitous…
An endlessly changing playground teaches AIs how to multitask
DeepMind has developed a vast candy-colored virtual playground that teaches AIs general skills by endlessly…
Covid clusters among the vaccinated are killing our back-to-normal dreams
They were gold miners in French Guiana, revelers in Cape Cod, and Indian health-care workers.…
Boeing’s second Starliner mission to the ISS is a make-or-break moment
December 20, 2019, was supposed to be a landmark moment for the US space program…