SCIENCE

30Jul

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Journalism, SCIENCE

Are You A Night Owl Or An Early Bird

What’s your chronotype? Knowing whether you’re a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams. Timing is everything. For early risers and late-nighters alike, listening to your internal clock may be the key to success. From the classroom to the courtroom and beyond, people perform best on challenging tasks at a time of day that aligns with their circadian rhythm. Circadian rhythms are powerful internal timekeepers that drive a person’s physiological and intellectual functioning throughout the day. Peaks in these circadian rhythms vary across individuals. Some people, known as larks or morning chronotypes, peak early and feel at their best in the morning. Others, known as owls or evening chronotypes, peak later in the day and perform best in the lat...

Time Travel — Science Or Science Fiction

30Jul

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SCIENCE, TOP FOUR

Time Travel — Science Or Science Fiction

Is time travel even possible? An astrophysicist explains the science behind the science fiction Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Will it ever be possible for time travel to occur? – Alana C., age 12, Queens, New York Have you ever dreamed of traveling through time, like characters do in science fiction movies? For centuries, the concept of time travel has captivated people’s imaginations. Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time, just like you move between different places. In movies, you might have seen characters using special machines, magical devices or even hopping into a futuristic car to travel backward or forward in time. ...

Popcorn — A Tasty Snack Or A Useful Way Of Preserving And Storing Food

11Jul

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SCIENCE, TOP FOUR

Popcorn — A Tasty Snack Or A Useful Way Of Preserving And Storing Food

How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago. You have to wonder how people originally figured out how to eat some foods that are beloved today. The cassava plant is toxic if not carefully processed through multiple steps. Yogurt is basically old milk that’s been around for a while and contaminated with bacteria. And who discovered that popcorn could be a toasty, tasty treat? Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How was popcorn discovered? – Kendra, age 11, Penn Yan, New York These kinds of food mysteries are pretty hard to solve. Archaeology depends on solid remains to figure out what ha...

Could April’s Eclipse Interrupt Solar Power Straining Electrical Grids

5Apr

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SCIENCE, TOP FOUR, VIDEO REELS

Could April’s Eclipse Interrupt Solar Power Straining Electrical Grids

April’s eclipse will mean interruptions in solar power generation, which could strain electrical grids. During the most recent total solar eclipse visible in the U.S., on Aug. 21, 2017, the skies darkened as the Moon crossed in front of the Sun. It blocked out all sunlight – except for that from a golden ring visible around the Moon’s shape, called the corona. Not surprisingly, solar power generation across North America plummeted for several hours, from the first moment the Moon began to obscure the Sun to when the Sun’s disk was clear again. On April 8, 2024, another total solar eclipse will track across the U.S., causing perhaps an even greater loss of solar power generation. Although this will be the second total solar eclipse visible in the U.S. in under seven years, these events are...

AI Promised Humanlike Machines – In 1958

3Apr

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AI, IN OTHER NEWS, SCIENCE

AI Promised Humanlike Machines – In 1958

We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958. A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced to the world in 1958 in a brief news story buried deep in The New York Times. The story cited the U.S. Navy as saying that the Perceptron would lead to machines that “will be able to walk, talk, see, write, reproduce itself and be conscious of its existence.” More than six decades later, similar claims are being made about current artificial intelligence. So, what’s changed in the intervening years? In some ways, not much. Frank Rosenblatt with the Mark I Perceptron, the first artificial neural network computer, unveiled in 1958. National Museum of the U.S. Navy/Flickr The field of artificial intelligence has been running through a boo...

Wormlike Limbless Robots That Could One Day Be Used For Search And Rescue

3Apr

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SCIENCE, VIDEO REELS

Wormlike Limbless Robots That Could One Day Be Used For Search And Rescue

We designed wormlike, limbless robots that navigate obstacle courses − they could be used for search and rescue one day. Scientists have been trying to build snakelike, limbless robots for decades. These robots could come in handy in search-and-rescue situations, where they could navigate collapsed buildings to find and assist survivors. With slender, flexible bodies, limbless robots could readily move through confined and cluttered spaces such as debris fields, where walking or wheeled robots and human rescuers tend to fail. However, even the most advanced limbless robots have not come close to moving with the agility and versatility of worms and snakes in difficult terrain. Even the tiny nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, which has a relatively simple nervous systems, can navigate t...

19Jan

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SCIENCE

A History Of Surveillance And Control

Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and control based on identifying physical features. American Amara Majeed was accused of terrorism by the Sri Lankan police in 2019. Robert Williams was arrested outside his house in Detroit and detained in jail for 18 hours for allegedly stealing watches in 2020. Randal Reid spent six days in jail in 2022 for supposedly using stolen credit cards in a state he’d never even visited. In all three cases, the authorities had the wrong people. In all three, it was face recognition technology that told them they were right. Law enforcement officers in many U.S. states are not required to reveal that they used face recognition technology to identify suspects. Face recognition technology is the latest and most sophisticate...

11Jan

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SCIENCE

Do You Or Don’t You Trust Science?

Why some people don’t trust science – and how to change their minds. During the pandemic, a third of people in the UK reported that their trust in science had increased, we recently discovered. But 7% said that it had decreased. Why is there such variety of responses? For many years, it was thought that the main reason some people reject science was a simple deficit of knowledge and a mooted fear of the unknown. Consistent with this, many surveys reported that attitudes to science are more positive among those people who know more of the textbook science. But if that were indeed the core problem, the remedy would be simple: inform people about the facts. This strategy, which dominated science communication through much of the later part of the 20th century, has, however, failed at multip...

3Apr

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AI, IN OTHER NEWS, SCIENCE

ChatGPT Turns 1: AI Chatbot Revolution

ChatGPT turns 1: AI chatbot’s success says as much about humans as technology. ChatGPT was launched on Nov. 30, 2022, ushering in what many have called artificial intelligence’s breakout year. Within days of its release, ChatGPT went viral. Screenshots of conversations snowballed across social media, and the use of ChatGPT skyrocketed to an extent that seems to have surprised even its maker, OpenAI. By January, ChatGPT was seeing 13 million unique visitors each day, setting a record for the fastest-growing user base of a consumer application. Throughout this breakout year, ChatGPT has revealed the power of a good interface and the perils of hype, and it has sown the seeds of a new set of human behaviors. As a researcher who studies technology and human information behavior, I find that Ch...

10 Ways To Master AI Email Marketing- Don’t Miss Out!

3Apr

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AI, BUSINESS, DIGITAL MARKETING, SCIENCE

10 Ways To Master AI Email Marketing- Don’t Miss Out!

With artificial intelligence (AI), email marketing is transforming the way you communicate with your customers. That’s not all! It’s taking your email game to the next level and helping you achieve better engagement and higher conversions. Today, in this blog, we will help you embark on an interactive journey through 11 game-changing AI email marketing techniques. So, let’s get started! TRY OUTGROW FOR FREE! Imagine emails that know your audience better than you do. Emails that adapt, evolve, and deliver results you never thought were possible. Welcome to the AI email marketing world, where your campaigns are more than just messages. With artificial intelligence (AI), email marketing is transforming the way you communicate with your customers. That’s not all! It’s taking your email g...