The Best Of Science Friday, 2023
This year science reached new frontiers, and our coverage followed suit. Our staff—and audience—share their favorite SciFri creations of 2023.
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Researchers Detected Cicada Emergence With Fiber-Optics
In 2021, an electronics and communications lab accidentally detected the mass emergence of Brood X with fiber-optic sensors.
23:52
An AI Leader’s Human-Centered Approach To Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Fei-Fei Li of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI discusses the promise and peril of the ground-breaking technology.
Keeping Humans At The Center Of Artificial Intelligence
While shadowing doctors at a hospital, Dr. Fei-Fei Li resolves to create AI that helps human healthcare providers, rather than replaces them.
7:53
The Science Behind Your Unraveling Sweaters
A textile professor and knit expert explains why many sweaters today are of poorer quality than sweaters in the past.
17:29
How AI Chatbots Can Reinforce Racial Bias In Medicine
Researchers examined four popular chatbots and found they perpetuated debunked, harmful ideas from race-based medicine.
6:22
An Artist Explores The History Of Humans Genetically Modifying Pigs
With opera and visual art, an exhibit looks at modern genetic engineering—and thousands of years of breeding—of pigs.
How A University Is Adjusting One Year After ChatGPT
An English professor discusses how AI is transforming education, and how students and faculty alike can use it responsibly.
Monumental And Invisible: How Infrastructure Works
An engineering professor and author explains how modern life depends on vast, complicated systems you probably never think about.
The Elegance Of Infrastructure
A local power station probably wouldn’t be described as beautiful, but what’s going on inside possesses undeniable engineering elegance.