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A new report from the group Common Sense Media shows teens are experimenting with AI "companions" designed to provide deep conversations and advice.

Dakota Cary of the Atlantic Council Global China Hub describes this moment as China's golden age of hacking.

How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little help from AI.

Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the United Nations agency.

A small, hairy, toxic version of the cucumbers found in the produce aisle does have an advantage over its more palatable cousins — a feat of ballistic seed dispersal.

The world's highest concentration of data centers is in Virginia. Many residents are not happy about that.

An experimental technique that patches defective DNA with donated genetic material helped families at risk of passing rare illnesses to their children.

Abrahm Lustgarten says the undermining of science, and cuts to FEMA and NOAA, at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common, should be "extraordinarily concerning" to us.

Scientists are finding ways to minimize the effects of aging on the brain. Here are some ways to keep it healthy.

AI is transforming how people navigate the internet, and that has major implications for the web's business model. NPR speaks with Ashley Gold, senior tech and policy reporter at Axios.