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The stakes are high: Better education is key to solving big societal challenges, like poverty alleviation. | Stocksy/MaaHoo Studio

Jan 10, 2020

Emma Brunskill: Amped-up education with AI

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Better movement is key to better health. | Unsplash/Phil Coffman

Dec 13, 2019

Scott Delp: Better gait, better life

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society

The data suggests Google’s search algorithm is not biased along political lines, but instead emphasizes authoritative sources. | Getty Images

Dec 11, 2019

Are search results biased along partisan lines?

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

A bright idea for the next generation of chips. | Illustration by Sarah Rieke

Dec 2, 2019

Can we develop computer chips that run on light?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Materials

In a society where AI powers important decision-making, how do we minimize undesirable outcomes? | Illustration by Sarah Rieke

Nov 22, 2019

A new algorithm trains AI to avoid bad behaviors

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

Can we use information about individual patients to more effectively detect and treat cancer? | iStock/Pitchayanan Kongkaew

Oct 29, 2019

Ash Alizadeh: A New Age in Oncology

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society

The challenge is to avoid false alarms without overlooking something harmful. | iStock/tarras79

Oct 29, 2019

Ross Shachter: Can AI improve mammography?

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health

The field of data science is improving outcomes across domains and will only continue to do so if women are represented. | Illustration by Sarah Rieke

Oct 11, 2019

Margot Gerritsen: How to get more women into data science

Computation & Data

Jul 30, 2019

A new algorithm enables more realistic sound effects in VR

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Computational science has become an important part of the fight against cancer. | ScienceSource/Roy Scott

Jul 26, 2019

Sylvia Plevritis: Better cancer treatment through data

Computation & Data, Health

The freedom we have in designing technology requires more intentional decisions about how we want to interact with it. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Jul 15, 2019

James Landay: What’s next in human-computer interaction?

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

If we're ever going to fix echo chambers, we need to first understand what causes them. | Getty Images/DrAfter123

Jul 3, 2019

What is different about how Democrats and Republicans talk online?

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Can we create a programming environment that doesn’t require every researcher to be a computer scientist? | Unsplash/Markus Spiske

Jun 26, 2019

A new, more user-friendly language for programming supercomputers

Computation & Data

A dream come true for video producers, this technique eliminates the need to rerecord an interview to get the best soundbyte. | Getty Images/izusek

Jun 20, 2019

A new algorithm makes editing video as easy as editing text

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Virtual assistants could one day have more centralized access to a user’s personal data than Facebook, Amazon and Google combined. | Unsplash/penmax

Jun 4, 2019

Monica Lam: Privacy in the age of virtual assistants

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

A decision maker might think they are evaluating just the data and making decisions free from bias, but is this always true? | Reuters/Mike Segar

Jun 3, 2019

Sharad Goel: How hidden bias affects the criminal justice system

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

May 10, 2019

A device that mimics the way neurons communicate

Computation & Data, Materials

QuizBot is more conversational and more fun and makes students feel like they have a true study partner. | Video courtesy of Bryce Tham, Kevin Craft

May 8, 2019

Move over flashcards. QuizBots prove better at testing your memory

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

Models combine health and economic information to try to understand the costs of disease. | Stocksy/Jeff Wasserman, Illustration by Kevin Craft

May 6, 2019

Margaret Brandeau: A new way of looking at a public health emergency

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society

An app developed by Wall could help children with autism learn to understand facial expressions. | iStock/Joan Vincent Cantó Roig

Apr 2, 2019

Dennis Wall: The changing face of autism diagnosis and treatment

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health

How will high speed finance disrupt our financial institutions? | Unsplash/Martin Ceralde

Apr 2, 2019

How is Silicon Valley changing Wall Street?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

Damage to the bundle of nerves that connects the brain's two halves may cause concussion symptoms. | Image credit: Andreas Horn/Creative Commons

Mar 14, 2019

Concussion is a big, vague term and we need to start breaking it down

Computation & Data, Health

Artificial intelligence could be used to tune 5G wireless signals and prevent them from taking dangerous dips. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Feb 28, 2019

Can AI prevent mobile devices from dropping calls?

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

What can be done to identify, audit and amend biases in data and algorithms? | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Feb 20, 2019

Jennifer Chayes: Fairness, transparency and ethics in data science

Computation & Data, Technology & Society