Science & Tech

EU researchers are coming up with advanced technologies to spot early signs of fatigue and erratic behaviour in people behind the wheel. By Tom Cassauwers - When Carlo Polidori is driving and starts rubbing the back of his neck, he knows it’s probably time to take a break. The act is a sign that he’s getting tired behind the wheel. Polidori, who is president of the Italian Association of Road Safety Professionals, drove for decades without being aware of his habit. He spotted it in 2022 when joining an EU project...

Nora McDonald, George Mason University - Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as “for you,” suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just “for you” but also...

By Yael Stein ~ Where Israeli campus hallways resound with whine of basement brain-lab rows to roof-top observatories of physics. The whine never ceases. Unzipping proteins or constructing quantum technologies, Israeli researchers have gained...

EU researchers are coming up with advanced technologies to spot early signs of fatigue and erratic behaviour in people behind the wheel. By Tom Cassauwers - When Carlo Polidori is driving and starts rubbing...

By Yael Stein ~ Where Israeli campus hallways resound with whine of basement brain-lab rows to roof-top observatories of physics. The whine never ceases. Unzipping proteins or constructing quantum technologies, Israeli researchers have gained global fame for out-of-proportion access. And at its brightest shine, that glint has not escaped the world's notice: Israel, with fewer than 9 million citizens, has had on its soil 12 Nobel laureates, and many of them from economics and chemistry. While the world grapples with ever more tangled-up challenges, ranging from pandemics to global ecological crises, Israel's scientific and academic prowess is more than ever before linked in one language—new technology, cures, and concepts that will...

Nora McDonald, George Mason University - Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as “for you,” suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just “for you” but also “about you” – a mirror reflecting important signals about the person you are. All users of social media are exposed to these signals, but researchers understand that teens are at an especially malleable stage in the formation of personal identity. Scholars have begun to demonstrate that technology is having generation-shaping effects, not merely in the way it influences cultural outlook, behavior and privacy, but also in the way it can shape personality among those brought...

By Yael Stein ~ Where Israeli campus hallways resound with whine of basement brain-lab rows to roof-top observatories of physics. The whine never ceases. Unzipping proteins or constructing quantum technologies, Israeli researchers have gained global fame for out-of-proportion access. And at its brightest shine, that glint has not escaped the world's notice: Israel, with fewer than 9 million citizens, has had on its soil 12 Nobel laureates, and many of them from economics and chemistry. While the world grapples with ever more tangled-up challenges, ranging from pandemics to global ecological crises, Israel's scientific and academic prowess is more than ever before linked in one language—new technology, cures, and concepts that will...