Phil Armstrong

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ABOUT Phil Armstrong

Phil is a freelance writer who enjoys writing about news in the medical, science, and space fields. When not pounding away at the keyboard, he enjoys spending time playing Magic: the Gathering and the good ‘ole D&D

  • Wait, What? Not All Fingerprints Are Unique?

    You know that age-old belief that fingerprints are like snowflakes, each one unique, never to be repeated? Yeah, about that… AI has just thrown us a real curveball. It’s like we’ve just found two identical snowflakes. The clever boffins at the AI Lab have discovered that not all fingerprints are as distinctive as we once…

  • Wristbands Spill the Beans on Air Pollution

    There’s a new superhero in town, and it’s a…wristband? Yeah, you read that right. A few scientists have been on the lookout for ways to keep us safe and informed and this time, they’ve got a wristband that plays detective, sniffing out environmental villains like air pollutants. Researchers at Oregon State University have been working…