AI Designs Computer Chips for More Powerful AI
Google's breakthrough could dramatically accelerate the design cycle for intelligent machines. ...read more
Month: April 2020
How do Supermassive Black Holes Form? You Can Sketch Galaxies to Help Astronomers Find Out
Tracing out the shape of a galaxy may offer clues to the size of its supermassive black hole. And a new study shows citizen scientists are actually better at it than computer algorithms. ...read more
Can Your Community Handle a Natural Disaster and Coronavirus at the Same Time?
If the forecasts are right, the U.S. could be facing more natural disasters this year — on top of the coronavirus pandemic. Local governments aren't prepared. ...read more
Do Peer Reviewers Prefer Significant Results?
An experiment on peer reviewers at a psychology conference suggests a positive result premium which could drive publication bias ...read more
Texas Twister Cuts Destructive Path Visible From Space
Even though the tornado was not as powerful as others spawned by a supercell storm system in the South, it scoured out a path visible to the Landsat-8 satellite. ...read more
The Pandemic Is Making Us Depressed and Anxious. Can Healthy Food Provide Relief?
A poor diet doesn’t do your body or mind much good. ...read more
National Parks Are Empty During the Pandemic — and Wildlife Are Loving It
With people, vehicles and all the commotion absent, some species might demonstrate just how much more space they actually need. ...read more
Climate Change Threatens Drinking Water Quality Across the Great Lakes
Warmer waters, heavier storms and nutrient pollution are a triple threat to Great Lakes cities' drinking water. The solution: Cutting nutrient releases and installing systems to filter runoff. ...read more
The Beautiful Patterns Left Behind When Whiskey Dries
Scientists can tell where whiskey came from by the patterns it creates. ...read more
Voyager: What’s Next for NASA’s interstellar probes?
Thousands of years from now, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 will leave our solar system. But their instruments will stop working long before that happens. ...read more