Science and Technolgy blog
A federal court yesterday ruled against parents who sued a Massachusetts school district for punishing their son who used an artificial intelligence tool to complete an assignment. Dale and Jennifer Harris sued Hingham High School officials and the School Committee and…
Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles have been found in England, and they may have been part of a “sacred arc,” an archaeologist says.
An ad company’s foray into TV operating systems (OSes) illustrates a significant shift for TV hardware toward products that are increasingly focused on ad sales and tracking. With more people using web-based streaming for TV, smart TV OSes have become the…
Chlorine-based water treatments create many by-products, but one has been elusive. Its identification sets the stage for studying its health effects.
Aftershock II, a new rocket built by students at the University of Southern California, recently broke a number of 20-year-old amateur spaceflight records for altitude, power and speed. It reached more than 470,000 feet above Earth’s surface and went “hypersonic.”
Neanderthals may have used specialized hearths to make tar around 65,000 years ago, a new study finds.
A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI.
Mapping in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off Alaska has uncovered a 1,640-foot-tall structure on the seafloor, but scientists say it’s too early to determine the nature of the discovery.
New research published in Sleep Health sheds light on how daytime sleepiness and body weight are interconnected over time, revealing key sex differences. The study found that men with higher levels of daytime sleepiness had consistently higher body mass index…
Welcome to Google’s nightmare. Late yesterday, the US Department of Justice filed its proposed final judgment, officially recommending a broad range of remedies to end Google’s search monopoly. Predictably, Google is not happy with the DOJ’s plan, which requires the…
