A method to interpret AI might not be so interpretable after all

A study finds humans struggle to understand the outputs of formal specifications, a method that some researchers claim can be used to make AI decision-making interpretable to humans. Credit: Bryan…

Study shows long-term health impacts after exposure to environmental disaster

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Exposure to a large-scale disaster, such as a tsunami, impacts population health over a decade later. A new study by an inter-disciplinary team of researchers in…

Human body movements may enable automated emotion recognition, researchers say

JWST observes the Kuiper Belt: Sedna, Gonggong, and Quaoar

Artist’s conception of Sedna, the TNO that orbits in the outer edges of the solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Kuiper Belt, the vast region at the edge of our solar…

Africa and India urge faster fossil fuel phase-out in Cop28 positions

At Cop28, developed nations will face calls to quit fossil fuels faster than developing countries, who did less to cause the climate crisis Six weeks ahead of the Cop28 climate…

New insights into 2D semiconductor physics

The new technique shows remarkably good agreement with experimental results, essentially perfect at high temperature, with small discrepancies at lower temperatures. Comparison of theoretical (solid dark) and experimental (solid light)…

Could you be the next editor of Climate Home News?

Climate Home News is looking for an editor to lead its award-winning team and sustain original journalism on international climate action Climate Home News is looking for an editor to…

Gun deaths among children and teens have soared – but there are ways to reverse the trend

Firearm injuries are now the leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens following a huge decadelong rise. Analyses published on Oct. 5, 2023, by a research team in…

Meta Quest 3 Might Be the Ultimate VR Gift for the Holidays

I’ve been playing with the new Meta Quest 3 headset for the last several days, and I’m impressed. This headset is much better than Meta Quest 2 because it begins…

Slowing vaccine demand to weigh on BioNTech profits

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain German vaccine-maker BioNTech said Monday its earnings would take a hit as demand for its coronavirus jab slowed. BioNTech, which developed and marketed the first coronavirus…