Survey examines how often academics attempt jokes during conference talks — and how these attempts at comedy land.

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US biomedical funding behemoth says the approach will boost innovation, but some researchers worry that understudied areas of science will suffer.

As artificial intelligence begins to mimic consciousness with uncanny skill, we need design norms and laws that prevent it from being mistaken for sentient beings.