An experimental prototype of the Battery Sleuth authenticator device installed in a vehicle. Credit: Kang Shin Skyrocketing vehicle theft rates in some U.S. cities have drawn attention to an inconvenient…
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What does the Standard Model predict for the magnetic moment of the muon?
The high-energy physics community is eagerly anticipating the announcement of the world’s best measurement from the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment later this year, while the Muon g-2 Theory Initiative is…
Intentions Matter: How Source Intent Influences Perceptions of Truth
Summary: Psychologists revealed people’s judgments of truthfulness are influenced by what they perceive as the information source’s intentions. They found that even when individuals knew the factual accuracy of a…
Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests, finds review study
(A) Illustration of the three cup sniffing experiment with the first author’s Great Pyrenees (photo credit: Todd Dickey). (B) One of the second author’s COVID-19 scent dogs sniffing a test…
Virgin Galatic’s next spaceflight will include sweepstakes winners
This still image from a Virgin Galactic video shows the Galactic 01 mission spacecraft launching the first commercial flight from Spaceport City in New Mexico; Virgin Galactic’s next spaceflight will…
The Problem With Suing Gen AI Firms for Copyright Infringement
Microsoft’s deployment of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been extremely popular, and its surprise implementation of this advanced generative AI system caught companies like Google and Apple napping. Google is responding aggressively…
Some birds are using antibird spikes to build their nests
Luis Melecio-Zambrano is the summer 2023 science writing intern at Science News. They are finishing their master’s degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where they…
