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Why ‘deepfake’ videos are becoming more difficult to detect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OIFVm0dPLw

Sophisticated and inaccurate altered videos known as “deepfakes” are causing alarm in the digital realm. The highly realistic manipulated videos are the subject of a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. As PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports, the accelerating speed of computers and advances in machine learning make deepfakes ever more difficult to […]

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How cutting-edge engineering borrows nature’s innovations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neUKzwYDB_c

In the never-ending hunt for new designs that jump, pump, or run faster and better, scientists are finding inspiration in nature. The field of biomimicry blurs boundaries between living things — like the butterfly’s proboscis or the flea’s powerful legs — and the inanimate to spur new problem-solving technologies. PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien […]

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Want to learn about junk news? Here’s all our award-winning reporting.

UPDATE 6/13/19: This series won a 2019 Mirror Award for Best Story on Social Media in the Crosshairs, tied with a BuzzFeed News series focusing on the same topic. After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, it became clear to a lot of people, including me, that the issue of fake news on the internet merited […]

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The robots are coming. Will they work with us?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwWnBIpzFQ

In the latest installment of our Future of Work series, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien visits MIT’s Interactive Robotics Laboratory to understand the “new species” of robots scientists are designing to work alongside humans safely. Though the devices often excel at repetitive tasks, will they be able to function just as well in dynamic […]

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How climate change 'exacerbates' wildfires in the American West | Miles O'Brien Productions

How climate change ‘exacerbates’ wildfires in the American West

Companies race to mine lithium, a battery essential | Miles O'Brien Productions

Companies race to mine lithium, a battery essential

A risky expedition to study the ‘doomsday glacier’ | Miles O'Brien Productions

A risky expedition to study the ‘doomsday glacier’

Australian bushfires prompt conversation about land management practices | Miles O'Brien Productions

Australian bushfires prompt conversation about land management practices

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What election officials think about paper ballots and voting machines | Miles O'Brien Productions

What election officials think about paper ballots and voting machines

Trump says voting by mail isn't reliable. What does the evidence show? | Miles O'Brien Productions

Trump says voting by mail isn’t reliable. What does the evidence show?

A House panel says Boeing and the FAA failed on 737 Max safety. What needs to change? | Miles O'Brien Productions

A House panel says Boeing and the FAA failed on 737 Max safety. What needs to change?

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