Katia Riddle
Stories
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AI is helping individual scientists, study suggests — but not science
Artificial intelligence is helping researchers advance their careers and drill deeper into specific questions, but it is not necessarily benefiting science on the whole.
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What monogamy in the animal world tells us about ourselves
As Valentine's Day approaches, we take a look at monogamy and its alternatives among animals — including humans.
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Scientists release a map of the clearest picture yet of what dark matter looks like
Dark matter makes up most of the universe, yet we have very little understanding of it. Scientists recently released a map that gives the clearest picture yet of what dark matter looks like.
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'ChatGPT saved my life.' How patients, and doctors, are using AI to make a diagnosis
Hundreds of millions of people are turning to chatbots to help figure out what's wrong with them. Doctors say that's not always a bad thing. In fact, many are using it themselves.
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In President's Trump's tangled science policies, experts see a unifying thread
Heading into the second year of Trump 2.0, when it comes to science, some argue Trump has no consistent ideology for decision-making. Others argue the unifying theme is destruction of science itself.
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The benefits of AI in health care outweigh potential hazards, many experts say
ChatGPT Health is OpenAI's foray into medicine, and so far, it gets high marks from both a cancer patient and a leading doctor. But there are worries it could be misused.
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A beloved library closes at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
The Trump administration proposed significant cuts to NASA, and federal employees at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland say they've endured months of chaos. Now a beloved library is closing.
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Goddard Space Flight Center staff says library's closure degrades NASA's mission
The library at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is closing after a number of disruptions and reductions by the Trump administration. Staff members say it's degrading NASA's mission.
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What 'Stranger Things' gets right about wormholes
The much anticipated series finale of Netflix's Stranger Things is predicated on wormholes — a concept in physics that often appears in science fiction. So what are wormholes?
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What Stranger Things gets right about wormholes
The final episode of fifth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things is out this week, and the concept of a wormhole figures largely into it. While the show is a work of fiction, theoretical wormholes have making appearances for decades not only in science fiction but in actual science.
