Michael Byrne
michael.byrne@vice.comFast Radio Bursts Are a Sci-Fi Dream with An Astrophysical Source
New research suggests the origins of one of astrophysics' greatest mysteries.
AI-Fooling Glasses Could Be Good Enough to Trick Facial Recognition at Airports
Adversarial objects, for your face.
The Clever Engineering Behind Intel's Chipocalypse
When computer security collides with computer efficiency.
AI System Sorts News Articles By Whether or Not They Contain Actual Information
How much "news" is actually new?
AI System Detects ‘Deception’ in Courtroom Videos
Analyzing facial micro-expressions yields almost 90 percent accuracy in detecting lies.
Researchers Trained an AI Wormbot To ‘Balance’ a Pole on Its Tail
A demonstration of how simple neural circuits can be hacked to solve complicated problems.
Should Robots Have Legs? An Investigation
Arguably, for most applications we might imagine, wheels are the way to go.
Gaze Deeply Into This NASA Visualization of Global Aerosol Movements
Turns out Earth is just a big lava lamp.
These Researchers Played 'Egg Roulette' by Exploding Eggs for a Court Case
Perhaps the only time scientists have blown up eggs in a microwave on purpose.