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As biodiversity loss accelerates, a new natural history curriculum seeks to rebuild young people’s connection with nature ...

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BEIJING – China expanded its trade secret rules to include data and algorithms, as Beijing steps up efforts to prevent technology leaks amid intensifying strategic competition with the US. Effective ...

Educational technology isn’t new, but meaningfully integrating tech in a modern learning environment can be a significant challenge for educators today. In the 21st century, it can feel like advanced ...

Last year, tungsten diselenide (WSe 2) had its magic moment. Two independent research groups discovered "magic angles" at which two atom-thin layers of the unique semiconductor, when twisted relative ...

In the fall of 2023, Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist, sent secret memos to three fellow-members of the organization’s board of directors. For weeks, they’d been having furtive discussions ...

BEIJING – China is set to wire its economy with technology and ramp up a push for self-reliance in critical industries over the next five years, in a bid to power growth and get ahead in competition ...

As one of the most commonly read online sources of medical information, Wikipedia is an influential public health platform. Its medical content, community, collaborations and challenges have been ...

Biohacking has gone mainstream: What began with fitness trackers and sleep apps now includes hardware implants, with 67% of Americans in a recent survey identifying… ...

There’s a well-worn pattern in the development of AI chatbots. Researchers discover a vulnerability and exploit it to do something bad. The platform introduces a guardrail that stops the attack from ...