Science

Why are we so outraged all the time? We explore how outrage connects to fear and perceived harm.

New Jersey is considering charging fees on producers of fossil fuels to help the state that is home to several oil and gas facilities fight the effects of climate change.

CDC researchers detected several types of PFAS in outdoor and indoor air, as well as in household dust found on surfaces and in vacuum cleaners.

The program funds habitat restoration and conservation initiatives throughout the Delaware River watershed.

Professor of linguistics Emily Bender discusses the limitations of speech powered by LLMs and why it’s fundamentally different from human speech.

Revitalizing endangered Indigenous languages that have little or no digital presence is challenging with artificial intelligence—but not impossible.

The Philadelphia Neighborhood Corpus collected more than 400 audio recordings to study spoken language. AI is helping researchers understand the data.

Starting Monday, loud noises are expected for two hours a night near the capitol as the state attempts to deter thousands of crows away from capitol grounds.

Record low rainfall has led to reduced water supply levels in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

How AI-generated language is changing the world — from how we communicate, to what it means to be human.

The state will cancel $12 million worth of fines it levied against the city for conducting unauthorized and potentially harmful beach repair work.

A Trenton Water Works inspector submitted phony water quality reports for five N.J. towns over a 14-month period.

We take a look at giftedness — how it’s defined, who qualifies as gifted, and how our understanding of giftedness is changing.

The restoration project involves dredging 380,000 cubic yards of sand from a shoal on the south side of the Indian River Inlet to rebuild the beach and dunes.

Between Thanksgiving and New Year's, there is about a 25% increase in food waste, according to the nonprofit organization the Ecology Center.