Sitting in front of a computer not long ago, a tenured history professor faced a challenge that billions of us do every day: deciding whether to believe something on the Internet. […]

The U.S. is getting serious about filling the skies with unmanned aircraft. &nbs […]

Martin Vassilev makes a good living selling fake views on YouTube videos. Working from home in Ottawa, he has sold about 15 million views so far this year, putting him on track to bring in more than $200,000, records show. […]

Some bathrooms have signs urging people to wash their hands. But at the Democratic National Committee, reminders hanging in the men's and women's restrooms address a different kind of hygiene. […]

When I walked around the exhibition floor at this week's massive Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, I was struck by the number of companies boasting about how they are using machine learning and artificial intelligence to help make the world a safer place. […]

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm Bebinca formed quickly in the northern part of the South China Sea. Warnings were in effect as NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed the storm located off the coast of southern China near Hainan Island and found powerful storms capable of dropping heavy rainfall. […]

(National Science Foundation) The National Science Foundation's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI Program today issued its first research awards for 31 projects totaling approximately $45 million. […]

(Institute for Basic Science) IBS scientists have succeeded in developing a wearable and implantable device, that measures electrophysiological signals and applies electrical and thermal stimulations. It provides information on muscle and cardiac dysfunctions, and thus could be implemented for pain relief, rehabilitation, and prosthetic motor control. Being the first soft implant able to record the cardiac activity in multiple points of a swine heart, it is expected that this prototype, […]

(University of Arizona) An analysis of posts made by males to a subreddit for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts suggests that the online forum may function, for some males, as a safe space to anonymously share vulnerabilities and receive gender-specific support. University of Arizona sociology graduate student Darla Still presented the work today at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. […]

(Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute) The American College of Radiology's Neiman Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology announced a new five-year, $3 million research partnership to establish the Health Economics and Analytics Lab (HEAL) within Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. HEAL will focus on applying big data analytics and artificial intelligence to large-scale medical claims databases -- with a focus on medical imaging -- to better understand how evolving […]

The guidelines come from the Association for Computing Machinery -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]

Researchers programmed a computer to compare structures and toxic effects of different chemicals, making it possible to then predict the toxicity of new chemicals based on their structural similarity... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]

The Swedish company’s furniture has become something of a benchmark for robotics engineers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]

Google's new assistant sounds almost scarily human -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]

IoT devices often have weak security, making them prime targets for criminals looking to score digital cash -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]