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Here’s what robots could learn from fire ants

Fire ants’ secret to success is prioritizing efficiency over fairness. Robot teams could use that strategy to work more efficiently in tight, crowded quarters.

By Maria Temming | 2:04pm, August 16, 2018

Artificial Intelligence

News in Brief | Artificial Intelligence

A new AI can focus on one voice in a crowd

By Maria Temming | 9:00am, June 11, 2018

News | Artificial Intelligence

This AI uses the same kind of brain wiring as mammals to navigate

By Maria Temming | 1:00pm, May 09, 2018

Science Ticker | Artificial Intelligence

First pedestrian death from a self-driving car fuels safety debate

By Dan Garisto | 6:24pm, March 19, 2018
Computing

News | Computing

A new computer program generates eerily realistic fake videos

By Maria Temming | 10:33am, August 14, 2018

News in Brief | Computing

Solving problems by computer just got a lot faster

By Maria Temming | 7:00am, July 16, 2018

Reviews & Previews | Computing

‘Weird Math’ aims to connect numbers and equations to the real world

By Diana Steele | 7:00am, April 16, 2018
Numbers

Reviews & Previews | Numbers

The study of human heredity got its start in insane asylums

By Bruce Bower | 8:00am, July 01, 2018

Soapbox | Numbers

Real numbers don’t cut it in the real world, this physicist argues

By Emily Conover | 10:00am, May 08, 2018

Science & the Public | Numbers

Forget Pi Day. We should be celebrating Tau Day

By Emily Conover | 11:30am, March 14, 2018
Robotics

News | Robotics

Children may be especially vulnerable to peer pressure from robots

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, August 15, 2018

News | Robotics

With this new system, robots can ‘read’ your mind

By Maria Temming | 12:00am, June 20, 2018

News in Brief | Robotics

A new soft bot mimics octopuses and inchworms to climb walls

By Maria Temming | 12:35pm, April 09, 2018
Technology

News | Technology

Scientists successfully transplant lab-grown lungs into pigs

By Maria Temming | 10:43am, August 03, 2018

News | Technology

Google Glass could help children with autism socialize with others

By Maria Temming | 5:00am, August 02, 2018

Feature | Technology

People are bad at spotting fake news. Can computer programs do better?

By Maria Temming | 1:30pm, July 26, 2018

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