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Learning without a brain – how bacteria store memories and remember the past like artificial neural networks
_E. coli_ uses memories of the past to inform its present behavior. Cavallini JamesBSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Learning…
How 9/11 changed the way America surveils its citizens
People look out at Manhattan and beyond at One World Observatory at One World Trade Center in New York City.…
It’s time to fix Missouri’s charter school funding system
Students work in a classroom in Salt Lake City in 2024. As AI use in schools grows, more lawmakers and…
AI is helping ease competition for scarce space on the airwaves
The radio airwaves are getting crowded. Carl Court/Getty Images Every time you make a phone call, stream a video or…
Dog parks are an antidote to the isolation and divisions that social media can fuel
A group of regulars meet at the Harford dog park in Radnor, Pa. Kevin B. Johnson, CC BY-NC-SA The case…
Farmer-poet Wendell Berry’s environmental ethics were deeply rooted in his Christian faith and belief in caring for creation
Wendell Berry, right, joins an 'I Love Mountains' rally against mountaintop mining at the Kentucky Capitol in 2013. AP Photo/James…
Essential digital technologies are critical infrastructure – they are not always built and managed that way
Passengers fill a terminal at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on July 19, 2024, after a major internet…
Decades after 9/11, toxic dust and PTSD may be accelerating brain aging among first responders
The aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks casts a long shadow on survivors. Adam Gray/Getty Images Hundreds of first…
USPS whistleblower predicts ‘catastrophic’ effect on elections under Trump vote-by-mail order
A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower in a report published Sept. 1, 2026, alleged that USPS rushed the development of electronic…
Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth – but are we prepared for the fallout if they succeed?
Several space missions are searching for extraterrestrial life, which could come in the form of microbes. ClaudioVentrella/iStock via Getty Images…
What is public interest technology? An expert on data and policy explains how it helps people in need
Public interest technology can be used to help keep people from being exposed to lead paint. The Washington Post via…
Worms navigate narrow paths faster than wide ones – these findings could inform robot design
The walls of a tube help keep worms moving forward on a straight path. Wicki58/iStock via Getty Images You might…
A summer of recalls exposes holes in the nation’s food safety net
Vegetables and lettuces at a grocery store in Michigan. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied…
Missouri activists want fewer cameras on citizens and more on politicians
Flock Safety cameras are mounted on a pole in the parking lot of the Home Depot in Salt Lake City…
With Midterms Looming, Journalists Consider Measles, Food Recalls, and Obamacare
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed fatal measles cases on CBS News 24/7’s Mornings on Aug.…