All Stories by Payal Dhar
- Artificial Intelligence
Here’s why turning to AI to train future AIs may be a bad idea
If future AI models are trained on AI-generated content, they could end up producing more bias and nonsense, researchers caution.
- Materials Science
Jurassic Park’s amber-preserved dino DNA is now inspiring a way to store data
DNA is capable of encoding all sorts of data. Storing it in an amberlike material may keep that information safe for nearly forever.
- Health & Medicine
Privacy remains an issue with several women’s health apps
Inconsistent privacy policies and dodgy data collection in popular fertility and pregnancy tracking apps put women’s health information at risk.
- Health & Medicine
What can period blood reveal about a person’s health?
The FDA recently approved a menstrual blood test for diabetes, the first diagnostic of any kind based on period blood. It may be just the beginning.
- Space
How to build an internet on Mars
Future Red Planet inhabitants will need new ways to connect, including improved relay networks and an offshoot internet.
Training generative AI models on only their own responses could increase bias in the text they create or breakdown further into nonsense, research suggests.
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An amberlike material used to store DNA at room temperature is like polystyrene plastic, with an added molecular weakness that allows scientists to break down and reassemble it as needed.
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Health apps collect many kinds of data from users, and only a small part of it is directly provided by the user, a new study has found.
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first health diagnostic based on period blood, an at-home test for diabetes. Researchers are looking into what else menstrual blood can reveal about a person’s health.
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Today’s communications infrastructure couldn’t support the needs of future Mars inhabitants.
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