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Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing - Ji Y. Son, California State University, Los Angeles and Alice Xu, University of California, Los Angeles
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Genome sequencing is rewriting the history of disease outbreaks – but without social context, it can tell only part of the story -- Marc Zimmer, Connecticut College9 hours ago
You can change your emotions – but it's a 2-step process that takes some effort -- Christian Waugh, Wake Forest University9 hours ago
How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions -- Maria Lungu, University of Virginia and Steven L. Johnson, University of Virginia9 hours ago
How does your brain decide between the road not taken or the same old route? Resolving conflicting memories is key to navigation -- Paulina Maxim, Georgia Institute of Technology1 day ago
Delta-8, delta-9, THCA? What sets the different THC forms available in regulated cannabis products apart -- Aaron W. Harrison, Trinity University1 day ago
Why did Tyrannosaurus rex have such short arms? -- Sarah Sheffield, Binghamton University, State University of New York1 day ago
Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed 'Walden' and later works -- Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut1 day ago
Conspiracy theorists are building AI interfaces to the Epstein files – and presenting their views as data analysis -- Matthew N. Hannah, University of Wisconsin-Madison4 days ago
Teens aren't as disengaged as you may think: What adults get wrong about adolescents' civic contributions -- Kimia Shirzad, Penn State and Jen Agans, Penn State4 days ago
Online hate groups sustain their messages by repeating powerful stories or routinely adding new allegations -- Yu-Ru Lin, University of Pittsburgh4 days ago
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Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe-inspiring – for astronauts seeing one from space, the scene was even more grand -- Deana L. Weibel, Grand Valley State University12 days ago
Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but confirmation can take years -- Olivia Harper Wilkins, Dickinson College14 days ago
Artemis II crew brought a human eye and storytelling vision to the photos they took on their mission -- Christye Sisson, Rochester Institute of Technology29 days ago
Artemis II crew used modern photography to tell the visual story of their lunar journey – and update some classic Apollo images -- Jennifer Levasseur, Smithsonian Institution1 month ago
Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne's 19th-century novel -- Anastasia Klimchynskaya, Illinois Wesleyan University1 month ago
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White House wants to vet powerful AI models for risks − a computer scientist explains why AI safety is so difficult -- Ahmed Hamza, University of Colorado Boulder7 days ago
Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn't rewrite the rules of the game -- Mohammad Ahmad, West Virginia University8 days ago
AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don't use the same kinds -- Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University11 days ago
Supreme Court considers whether police can use Big Tech data to capture info from all cellphone users in a place and time -- Anne Toomey McKenna, Penn State11 days ago
Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can't just change the locks -- Jonathan S. Weissman, Rochester Institute of Technology13 days ago
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Galaxies of life are collecting dust in museums – digitizing microscope slides can uncover billions of fossils for natural history -- Ingrid C. Romero, Smithsonian Institution and Scott L. Wing, Smithsonian Institution7 days ago
Biological age tests reveal what slows or hastens aging – but they're useful only for researchers, not consumers -- Idan Shalev, Penn State and Abner Apsley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign8 days ago
Tapping your genome with AI and quantum computing could deliver on the promise of personalized medicine – but practical and ethical hurdles remain -- Gary Skuse, Rochester Institute of Technology and Sherry Dadgar, George Washington University14 days ago
Umbilical cord blood may hold clues for a child's risk of developing Type 1 diabetes -- Angelica P. Ahrens, University of Florida; Eric W. Triplett, University of Florida, and Johnny Ludvigsson, Linköping University19 days ago
Placebo effect can work as well as real medicine – but your body may need permission to use it -- Phil Starks, Tufts University21 days ago
It's a myth that baby boys are less social than girls – a new look at decades of research shows all babies are born to connect -- Lise Eliot, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science21 days ago
Using atomic nuclei could allow scientists to read time more precisely than ever – what this research could mean for future clocks -- Eric R. Hudson, University of California, Los Angeles and Andrei Derevianko, University of Nevada, Reno27 days ago
How does spider venom damage human cells? Researchers uncover the killer mechanism of recluse spider toxin -- Matthew Cordes, University of Arizona1 month ago
Photographic memory is a myth – here's what research really says about remembering -- Gabrielle Principe, College of Charleston6 days ago
Why do basketball players miss shots they've made a thousand times before? Neuroscience has an answer -- David Van den Heever, Mississippi State University1 month ago
Irrational decision or helpful evolutionary adaptation? A philosopher on the rationality wars behind 'nudge' policy -- Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, Wake Forest University; University of North Carolina – Greensboro1 month ago
Making good choices when life gets messy – practical wisdom relies on human judgment, not rules -- Tim Hulsey, University of Tennessee2 months ago
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Why do you have to wear a helmet when you're skateboarding? -- Christian Franck, University of Wisconsin-Madison8 days ago
Why is water wet? -- Yunyao Li, University of Texas at Arlington15 days ago
Is the science that we do today truth, likely to be a lie, or is it undetermined? -- Greg Eghigian, Penn State22 days ago
Are multiverses real? An astrophysicist explains why it depends on how you define 'real' -- Zachary Slepian, University of Florida1 month ago
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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived -- Jayde N. Hirniak, Arizona State University9 hours ago
A quiet Alaska fault is missing the fluids scientists expected – and it's changing what we know about earthquake zones -- Yinchu Li, Georgia Institute of Technology8 days ago
Why are some people mosquito magnets and others unbothered? A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor and mindset -- Jonathan Day, University of Florida3 days ago
