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Science+Technology

Total eclipse of the Sun. The moon covers the sun in a solar eclipse.

Q+A

There goes the sun. Again?

Published March 14, 2024

Just seven years after the last total solar eclipse, millions of Americans will once again be in the path of daytime darkness on April 8

Illustration of a fast blazing asteroid meteor over Earth

Planetary science

Interstellar signal linked to aliens was actually just a truck

Published March 7, 2024

The findings from a Johns Hopkins University-led team raise doubts that materials pulled last year from the ocean are alien materials from a 2014 meteor fireball

Writing with old feather quill with flying letters of alphabet and ink stain

Artificial intelligence

A new collection of AI-assisted writing assignments co-edited by University Writing Program lecturer Carly Schnitzler offers teachers practical ways to incorporate AI into their work while setting ground rules for its use

Cartoon speech and thought bubbles cram cover the image. Each shows a different Internet-related icon, such as a thumbs up, hashtag, email envelope, or at sign.

Technology+Society

How to measure the health of online communities

Published March 6, 2024

Being dominated by one group or ideology is the hallmark of an unhealthy online space, Hopkins experts say

Johns Hopkins physics doctoral student Alvin Modin in the lab

Materials science

Liquid crystals could revolutionize robots of the future

Published March 4, 2024

Robots, cameras could be made of liquid crystals, thanks to a new discovery that significantly expands the potential of the chemicals already common in computer displays

Image of a cartoon person looking at a computer

Artificial intelligence

Collaborating with ChatGPT to create brain-inspired chips

Published March 4, 2024

Systems could power energy-efficient, real-time machine intelligence for next-generation autonomous vehicles, robots

Photo of offshore wind turbines in the ocean during sunset

Environmental Health

Investing in offshore wind energy

Published March 4, 2024

JHU and Morgan State researchers team up with the Maryland Energy Administration to grow the local offshore wind industry

Punchbowl News senior congressional reporter Andrew Desiderio, Punchbowl founder and CEO Anna Palmer, and Sens. and Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

Tech policy

AI regulation necessary to address potential risks, key senators say

Published Feb 29, 2024

Sens. Mark Warner and Todd Young advocate for artificial intelligence policies during Hopkins Bloomberg Center discussion while Hopkins experts caution against stifling innovation