Wastewater surveillance hit the big time during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when officials started using this technique to monitor local virus levels[1]. But my colleagues and I had been exploring wastewater’s promise as a public health tool years before anyone had heard of SARS-CoV-2.
My environmental virology lab[2] based at...
What’s in a name? People use unique names[1] to address each other, but we’re one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and investigating how they use them can improve scientists’ understanding of both other animals and ourselves.
As elephant researchers[2] who...
As India concluded the world’s largest election[1] on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes[2] counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions used artificial intelligence technologies – and what lessons that holds for the rest of the world.
The campaigns made extensive use of AI, including deepfake impersonations...
As India concluded the world’s largest election[1] on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes[2] counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions used artificial intelligence technologies – and what lessons that holds for the rest of the world.
The campaigns made extensive use of AI, including deepfake impersonations...