News

  1. Artificial Intelligence

    Biased online images train AI bots to see women as younger, less experienced

    Age and gender bias in online images feeds into AI tools, revealing stereotypes shaping digital systems and hiring algorithms, researchers report.

    By Sujata Gupta
  2. Climate

    Antarctic krill eject more food when it’s contaminated with plastic

    Antarctic krill don’t just sequester carbon in their poop; they also make carbon-rich pellets out of leftovers. But microplastics may throw a wrench in the works.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Quantum Physics

    Discoveries that enabled quantum computers win the Nobel Prize in physics

    In the 1980s, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis demonstrated quantum effects in an electric circuit, an advance that underlies today’s quantum computers.