theconversation.com / .theconversation-com-us-technology

The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it's really likely to host life.

If an engineer makes an improper assumption while designing something, sometimes the consequences are fatal. An engineering professor explains how to reduce risk.

As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right time.

Large language model AIs can ingest long documents and answer questions about them, but a key question is how well they 'understand' individual sentences in the documents.

At first glance it might seem contradictory that restricting some speech can preserve free speech, but research shows that online content moderation protects the marketplace of ideas.

Scientists have conflicting theories on why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. New measurements from a massive collaboration complicate these ideas.

Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research using shooting stars may explain why.

An allergic reaction happens when your immune system overreacts to something that should be harmless. Whether that happens can be thanks to your genes, your environment or a combination.

A psychologist explains how group identity, polarizing issues and social media are driving people apart - and suggests some remedies.

Aligning AIs with people's goals and values is tricky. A new technique quantifies how far off human and machine are from each other.