by Ashley Perl | 15 Jan 2025 | Decoder Replay, Space, Technology, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Way up over our heads satellites and rocket parts orbit the Earth. Sometimes pieces of metal fall towards us. Most burn up in the atmosphere, but not all. A giant metal ring that fell from space onto a Kenyan village in December 2024. (Credit: Kenyan Space Agency)...
by News Decoder | 27 Aug 2024 | Science, Technology
Artificial intelligence will change our lives in ways difficult to imagine. But we are trying to imagine it anyway. A chatbot user inquires about the future. (Illustration by News Decoder) In the United States, firefighters are using artificial intelligence and a...
by Bernd Debusmann | 14 May 2024 | Science, Technology
AI is already transforming our lives. Should we depend on it or fear it? A missile defense system. (Credit: guruXOOXGetty Images) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news service. It is through articles like this that News Decoder strives...
by Haley Davis | 14 Mar 2024 | Health and Wellness, Indiana University, Science, Student Posts, Technology, Youth Voices
It can spot cancer, answer medical questions and help develop drugs. But we don’t trust artificial intelligence to be our primary doctor just yet. A masked robot next to an MRI machine. (Photo illustration by News Decoder) You’re lying in a hospital bed about to enter...
by Malcolm Davidson | 29 Jan 2024 | Environment, Europe, Technology
A heat pump isn’t nearly as sexy as an electric BMW or a floating wind turbine. But on an individual level, it might make a big difference. Flowers grow next to a heat pump installed at a residential house. (Photo by one pony/Getty Images) This article was...