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What happens when a kid’s robot best friend dies?

Moxie, though, belongs to a particular subset of these playful robots whose makers claim they can assist neurodivergent children by providing connection and helping the kids practice making eye contact, taking turns,... Read more »

How much hydrogen awaits us underground?

The results from Kidd Creek add to “the growing evidence that natural hydrogen generation and migration are genuine geological processes,” says Laurent Truche, a geochemist at the University of Grenoble Alpes in... Read more »

The Download: Flock’s new rules, cloning’s future, and children’s cells

1 Ukrainian drones defeated US forces in a military exerciseThey wiped out an American tank brigade in the war game. (WSJ $)+ The drill exposed US vulnerabilities to drone attacks. (Ars Technica)+... Read more »

Job titles of the future: Space travel agent

This showed Chiporukha that the sky was no longer the limit; it was the market. He successfully signed up the private astronauts and then launched SpaceVIP in 2021 to offer celestial experiences... Read more »

Cloning could be used to save species—or make human “organ sacks”

Ishiuchi and his colleague Shogo Matoba of the Riken BioResource Research Center hope their approach could be helpful in conservation efforts, especially in cases where we might have only a few individuals... Read more »

This scientist is helping build a missing map of childhood

So far, the push has paid off. In 2021 the NIH awarded a $38.5 million grant to the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project (dGTEx), a major initiative aimed at establishing the first comprehensive... Read more »

Roundtables: Inside the “Censorship-Industrial Complex” Idea Shaping US Policy

Listen to the session or watch below The “censorship-industrial complex” is an idea that a network of government, tech, and research groups is collaborating to suppress conservative online speech. This was fodder... Read more »

Building a practical path to post-quantum cryptography

A natural evolution, not a cliff edge The “quantum threat” narrative often swings between two extremes: imminent catastrophe or distant irrelevance. The reality occupies a more pragmatic middle ground. Quantum computers are... Read more »

Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash

To combat that, the company will start requiring officers to enter a criminal case number before conducting a search. The system was launched as an option last year but is now required.... Read more »

The Download: kids’ thoughts on AI, and female clones of male mice

When we set out to talk to kids about AI, we thought we knew what we’d hear. We expected stories about cheating, inspiring uses, and concerns like deepfakes or job destruction. But... Read more »