The Beauty of the Ephemeral World

Whereas the creators of landscape abstractions generally believed their paintings were impervious to time, Lucy Mullican makes artworks that are exposed and susceptible.

African dust crosses the Atlantic

A beautiful sunset over the Atlantic off the Florida coast, or an orangey glow in the Texas sky at dusk may be caused by dust from West Africa, according to researchers who are looking at the paths of particulate matter in the skies over the Sahara des…

Clearing up biases in artificial intelligence

Scientists have noticed grave disparities in artificial intelligence, noting that the methods are not objective, especially when it comes to geodiversity. AI tools, whether forecasting hail, wind or tornadoes, are assumed to be inherently objective, sa…

Weapon against tumors, boost for the immune system

Radiation therapy is a proven approach to destroying tumors. However, it is possible that it might be able to do even more in the future — namely stimulate the immune system at the same time and so fight cancer even more intensively. The foundations f…