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How to Know If You Can Trust an AI’s Answer to Your Question

I recently typed a simple question into Google search: How much screen time is too much for teenagers? Instead of presenting links, as Google had been doing for many years, it gave me an AI-generated answer. The artificial intelligence agent cited a number, then complicated that reply, noting that quality and balance of time could matter more than the number of hours, and that “too much” time could depend on a teenager’s sleep, exercise, school demands and mood.

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From a Dolphin’s Tail to a Bird’s Beak: 7 Innovative Prosthetics That Have Helped Animals

When Betty the pit bull was rescued from the streets of New York City, vets confirmed that the two back paws and part of a leg she was missing were likely lost due to a traumatic injury, and they fitted the happy-go-lucky pup with a prosthetic limb.  The result, as captured in a March TikTok

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Cleveland Teens Used Their Robotics Skills to 3D-Print Prosthetics for Kids in Ecuador 

A group of six Ohio teens spent some of their summer break this year overseas, but they weren’t on vacation — they were delivering free, 3D-printed prosthetics to pediatric patients in need at Hospital General Ibarra in Ecuador.  As part of a community service project through the Great Lakes Science Center Robotics Initiative, the Cleveland-based high

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Inspired by His Grandparents, High Schooler Invents Crosswalk System That Adapts to Pedestrians’ Speeds

They say necessity is the mother of invention, but sometimes it takes a thoughtful observer to notice and address a particular need. For rising high school senior Jay Jung, a lightbulb went off while he was crossing the street.  Jung is the creator of SmartBlink, an adaptive traffic light system that adjusts its signal changes

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How Balcony Solar Can Help Renters and Homeowners Save Money

This article was written by Moncef Krarti, a professor of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Somewhere between 5% and 7% of U.S. households have rooftop solar

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“First of Its Kind”: World’s Longest Outdoor Escalator Opens in China — Take a Virtual Ride

At first glance, it may look like a giant water slide is cascading through Wushan County in Chongqing, China. But the 3,000-foot-long structure seen above doesn’t belong to an amusement park — it’s actually the world’s longest outdoor escalator, transporting passengers 800 feet in elevation. Called the “Goddess” escalator, the transit system opened Feb. 17

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“Breakthrough Technology”: With New AI Glasses, Dementia Patients Can Perform Everyday Tasks More Independently

New AI glasses could be a game-changer for helping people with dementia live more independently — and they may be available through the U.K.’s National Health Service, or NHS, as soon as 2027. Developed by CrossSense, the glasses have already wowed test users and a panel of judges after supporting patients in their homes.

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The First Modern Rocket Launched 100 Years Ago, Beginning a Century of Both Innovations and Challenges For Spaceflight

Apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journey to the lunar surface actually began 43 years before, in snowy Massachusetts. Exactly 100 years ago, on March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket.

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