Science & Tech

As Susan Wojcicki’s stewardship of the company was coming to an end, journalist Mark Bergen published a history of the platform’s oft-underappreciated impact

This phenomenon, which can be observed in a recent social media trend, remains a mystery to science

The new and million-dollar gene treatment make the disease remit almost completely for four or five years. Open investigations now seek a definitive cure

The French Minister for Transformation and Public Administration said in a statement that ‘recreational’ apps aren’t secure enough to be used in state administrative services

“Some of the mechanisms that underlie our ability to experience fear, or fall in and out of love, are clearly very ancient pathways,” said Hans Hofmann

Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers the chance to study a space rock from just over 100,000 miles away

Anyone can use this surprising and impressive artificial intelligence tool, created by OpenAI

Biden issued an executive order in September 2021 requiring vaccinations for all executive branch agency employees, with exceptions for medical and religious reasons

Misinformation experts warn such surges in convincingly real, synthetic images will become commonplace, especially during major news events

During a hearing on Thursday, the platform’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, denied before the House of Representatives that the app threatens U.S. national security

The emergence of tools such as ChatGPT triggers warnings about a fivefold increase in global data center energy consumption

Science enables us to predict the distant future of our planet, which is expected to become a living hell that we can learn a lot from

The move ‘would seriously damage investors from multiple countries’ and hurt ‘confidence to invest in the United States,’ said a spokeswoman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce

Shou Chew will make a high-profile appearance Thursday before a U.S. Congressional committee to make the case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be banned

Scientists reported Wednesday that they found clues about the liver disease that is widely believed to have killed the German composer

A U.S. study adds to mounting evidence that monitoring alone can’t change behaviors

The researcher, the first Latin American to win the Abel Prize, uncovered the interactions between solids and liquids, opening new doors to medicine, the automotive industry and even knowledge of the universe

The sargassum is expected to wash ashore in coming months on some Florida beaches, in the Caribbean islands and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula

According to a British study, introducing peanuts to infants’ diets could prevent 10,000 children from developing a nut allergy each year

The most recent version of the popular artificial intelligence chatbot has been released to the public. EL PAÍS put its abilities to the test, with mixed results

The fungus, Candida auris, is a form of yeast that is usually not harmful to healthy people but can be a deadly risk to fragile hospital and nursing home patients

‘Drosophila melanogaster’ can detect what amounts to a sixth taste, helping it avoid harmful substances. Scientists hope to find similar high-pH detectors in mammals

In Bard’s next stage, Google is opening a waitlist to use an AI tool that’s similar to the ChatGPT technology that Microsoft began deploying in its Bing search engine to much fanfare last month

The platform’s CEO said that the hearing ‘comes at a pivotal moment’ for the company as the video sharing app faces a possible ban in the United States

The frequency of lightning will increase in some regions but in areas such as the north of Russia and the Scandinavian peninsula there could be relief for permafrost and carbon emissions