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Hacked phones and Wi-Fi surveillance have replaced Cold War spies and radio waves in the delusions of people with schizophrenia
Alaina Vandervoort Burns, University of California, Los Angeles A young woman starts to become suspicious of her cellphone. She notices…
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Why it’s so hard to tell if a piece of text was written by AI – even for AI
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan People and institutions are grappling with the consequences of AI-written text. Teachers want to know…
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People are getting their news from AI – and it’s altering their views
Adrian Kuenzler, University of Denver; University of Hong Kong Meta’s decision to end its professional fact-checking program sparked a wave…
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I study rat nests − here’s why rodents make great archivists
Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, Columbia University Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists. That’s…
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With wolves absent from most of eastern North America, can coyotes replace them?
Imagine a healthy forest, home to a variety of species: Birds are flitting between tree branches, salamanders are sliding through…
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Business strategy of Gillette | The Razor and Blade Model
Gillette is one of the most revolutionary companies of the 20th century. It is one of those very few companies…
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COP28: four key issues that will dominate the latest UN climate summit
The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a report with an unusually strong title for a UN body: “Emissions Gap…
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COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?
Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to…
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Henry Kissinger has died. The titan of US foreign policy changed the world, for better or worse
Henry Kissinger was the ultimate champion of the United States’ foreign policy battles.
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The Ethical Slut has been called ‘the bible’ of non-monogamy – but its sexual utopia is oversimplified
The book, Ethical Slut, is divided into four parts, each offering mental exercises to help readers embrace a sexually diverse…
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Why do some people who experience childhood trauma seem unaffected by it?
Childhood trauma is taken into consideration in criminal sentencing and is accepted as a factor that can contribute to substance…
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Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here’s why
The world’s vegetation has a remarkable ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air and store it as biomass.…
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How do bacteria actually become resistant to antibiotics?
“What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”, originally coined by Friedrich Nietzsche in 1888, is a perfect description of how…
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Researchers warn we could run out of data to train AI by 2026. What then?
As artificial intelligence (AI) reaches the peak of its popularity, researchers have warned the industry might be running out of…
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Royal Charter storm of 1859: how an almighty tempest led to the birth of the UK’s shipping forecast
Royal Charter storm of 1859: how an almighty tempest led to the birth of the UK’s shipping forecast
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