Technology news.

Your cells keep a record of every workout you’ve ever done – and those gains persist even after a break from exercise (opens the publisher's site)

I’m a physicist who worked on the Nobel-winning neutrino search – here’s how a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice became a telescope for ghost particles from space (opens the publisher's site)

Why old dogs might be able to teach Alzheimer’s researchers new tricks (opens the publisher's site)

Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain (opens the publisher's site)

Why can’t people regenerate limbs like salamanders? (opens the publisher's site)

Florida’s limited ban on Flock cameras only scratches the surface of widespread surveillance concerns (opens the publisher's site)

Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated (opens the publisher's site)

Want to use AI to improve your work? Have it disagree with you (opens the publisher's site)

Physicists who uncovered the first particle accelerator were honored with a Nobel Prize 75 years ago – their work shaped physics, medicine and even art research (opens the publisher's site)

Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell – here’s the misperception that keeps bystanders from intervening and how to short-circuit it (opens the publisher's site)

Too many males to choose from can overwhelm female frogs – and change who gets to mate (opens the publisher's site)

When telcos shut down the internet, they shut down protests for the government (opens the publisher's site)

Room to protest is narrowing in Africa, as governments lean on arrests, curfews, and internet blackouts to blunt dissent. When the streets become too dangerous, dissent often migrates online.

Movement from behind your gadget (opens the publisher's site)

The growth of online activism has given different colors in the movement agendas. There is a debate on how effective it is, and how it could complement each other.

Technology-facilitated trafficking: How Bangladeshi migrants become victims of recruitment in Cambodia (opens the publisher's site)

Thousands of Bangladeshis travelled to Cambodia for promised jobs, only to encounter Technology-facilitated trafficking and cyber-scamming networks, with 98 percent reportedly failing to receive the work they were promised.

How Togolese people are reinventing political protest amid civil society crackdown (opens the publisher's site)

As in-person gatherings have become difficult to organize or too risky for citizens, online protest has become an increasingly common form of political dissent in Togo.