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/ 7 months agoSupreme Court to consider whether local governments can make it a crime to sleep outside if no inside space is available
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if...
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/ 7 months agoMore climate-warming methane leaks into the atmosphere than ever gets reported – here’s how satellites can find the leaks and avoid wasting a valuable resource
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that can leak from oil and gas wells, pipelines and landfills. Satellites can spot the...
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/ 7 months agoGrizzly bear conservation is as much about human relationships as it is the animals
Whether people are hunters can have a big effect.
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/ 7 months agoIndian protesters pull from poetic tradition to resist Modi’s Hindu nationalism
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
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/ 7 months agoIn the age of cancel culture, shaming can be healthy for online communities – a political scientist explains when and how
There is no shortage of horror stories about online shaming, but it’s not always a bad thing. It comes down to...
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/ 7 months agoDeepfake detection improves when using algorithms that are more aware of demographic diversity
New research found a way to both improve the accuracy of deepfake detection algorithms while also enhancing fairness.
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/ 7 months agoDrugs that aren’t antibiotics can also kill bacteria − new method pinpoints how
There are many ways to kill microbes that cause dangerous infections. Combining genetic screening with machine learning can help researchers identify...
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/ 7 months agoExploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I’m leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes
Where specialized algorithms fail to classify star-borne pulses, human volunteers with just a little training can step in.
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/ 7 months agoFoundations are using so many confusing words that few people can figure out what they’re doing
Boasting about centering your transformative systems change paradigm means you’re doing it wrong. But fixes are available.
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/ 7 months agoThe US is losing access to its bases in Niger − here’s why that’s a big deal
The disintegration of the United States’ relationship with Niger following its military coup in 2023 is giving way to stronger ties...
