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Fear-based campaign ads can grab attention, but whether they win votes is less clear - Monique Mitchell Turner, Michigan State University
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Human rights could improve – or worsen – based on how nations use the UN treaty against cybercrime -- Meridith LaVelle, University of Mannheim and Mary Lind, Binghamton University, State University of New York6 hours ago
Horror films exploit how human vision works to deliver movies' best scares -- Arryn Robbins, University of Richmond2 days ago
Why calling for a 'kill switch' is the wrong way to think about reining in AI -- Trent Wintermeier, The University of Texas at Austin2 days ago
An AI model's false tip to Philadelphia police reveals how digital agents can do as they're told and still cause trouble -- Anat Lior, Drexel University2 days ago
NASA's Mars orbiter fleet is getting old – here's how that could affect future exploration -- Margaret Landis, Arizona State University4 days ago
Why haven't farm animals evolved against humans? A biologist explains why there won't be a chicken uprising anytime soon -- Alida de Flamingh, University of Tennessee4 days ago
Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth's rotation, but their time is now over – here's why -- Vahe Peroomian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences4 days ago
Cystic fibrosis patients got their 'miracle drug' thanks to federal research funding – new Trump administration rules may cut future miracles short -- Fred D. Ledley, Bentley University7 days ago
As AI takes on more tasks, what happens when people have to jump in to clean up after it? -- Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University8 days ago
Using light to control brain cells – neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth explains how he made his Nobel-winning discovery -- Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University8 days ago
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Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica's role in exploring the cosmos -- Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University and Jean de Pomereu, University of Cambridge10 days ago
IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny 'ghost particles' – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space -- Doug Cowen, Penn State15 days ago
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 -- Tyce DeYoung, Michigan State University16 days ago
Starship's first orbital flight put its heat shield to the test – how it fares could determine if SpaceX's vision is possible -- Sven Bilén, Penn State23 days ago
An overlooked era of cosmology is stealing the show in the quest to understand the cosmos -- Cara Giovanetti, University of California, Berkeley28 days ago
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'Make this face look gay': AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical 'gay,' 'straight' or 'criminal' features -- Ashique KhudaBukhsh, Rochester Institute of Technology15 days ago
Florida's limited ban on Flock cameras only scratches the surface of widespread surveillance concerns -- Abigail Hall, University of Tampa18 days ago
Want to use AI to improve your work? Have it disagree with you -- Monideepa Tarafdar, UMass Amherst21 days ago
As AI political deepfakes go viral, lawmakers struggle to keep up – 2 states' laws show limits of what they can do -- Stefani Langehennig, University of Denver23 days ago
Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security -- Stephen Collins, Kennesaw State University25 days ago
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Hooked on tuna: People have been harvesting these ocean predators for 44,000 years -- Emma Elliott Smith, Smithsonian Institution; University of New Mexico and Torben Rick, Smithsonian Institution8 days ago
Ancient people relied on genetic variation already present in wild plants to domesticate crops like rice and corn -- Ornob Alam, New York University11 days ago
I teach doctors how to interpret test results – and the labels 'normal' and 'abnormal' often hide what matters most -- Amiran Baduashvili, University of Colorado Anschutz11 days ago
Your cells keep a record of every workout you've ever done – and those gains persist even after a break from exercise -- Diego Hernandez-Saavedra, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Yi-Heng (Hank) Huang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign16 days ago
Why old dogs might be able to teach Alzheimer's researchers new tricks -- Julie Moreno, Colorado State University17 days ago
Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated -- Duncan Stibbard Hawkes, Baylor University and Christopher von Rueden, University of Richmond18 days ago
Too many males to choose from can overwhelm female frogs – and change who gets to mate -- Claire Therese Hemingway, University of Tennessee; Smithsonian Institution21 days ago
Hibernating bacteria can invade hospitals and survive outer space – but their high energy bill is a weakness that scientists can strike -- Canan Karakoç, Georgia Institute of Technology25 days ago
Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain -- Kimberlee D'Ardenne, Arizona State University17 days ago
AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science's role in its origin story helps explain why -- Michael Hout, New Mexico State University and Arryn Robbins, University of Richmond16 days ago
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 -- Catherine A. Sanderson, Amherst College20 days ago
Why does your brain mix up memories? A new study examines how memories are misplaced in your brain's filing cabinets -- Ian McDonough, Binghamton University, State University of New York1 month ago
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How much rain can a hurricane make, and does the storm size matter? -- Zachary Handlos, Georgia Institute of Technology4 days ago
Why can't people regenerate limbs like salamanders? -- Junsu Kang, University of Wisconsin-Madison17 days ago
What was the original first-person shooter? Two largely forgotten computer games from the 1970s ushered in the genre -- Mark J. P. Wolf, Concordia University Wisconsin25 days ago
What happened at the end of the Revolutionary War? Here's how Americans set up a brand-new country once the fighting ended -- Sandra Slater, College of Charleston1 month ago
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For centuries, bird migration was a mystery – a tech revolution is changing that, and could help save these amazing creatures -- Peter P. Marra, Georgetown University and Amy L. Scarpignato, Georgetown University2 days ago
