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/ 1 year agoVampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies
Researchers discovered a satellite virus latching onto the neck of another virus called MindFlayer. Studying the viral arms race between similar...
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/ 1 year agoBiden’s executive order puts civil rights in the middle of the AI regulation discussion
If safety is the heart of the Biden administration’s executive order on AI, then civil rights is its soul.
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/ 1 year agoDefending space for free discussion, empathy and tolerance on campus is a challenge during Israel-Hamas war
A scholar of the Mideast at a large public university says that caring and a commitment to free speech have been...
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/ 1 year agoThe world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
How will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with fieldwork shows that the planet’s largest...
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/ 1 year agoWe analyzed over 3.5 million written teacher comments about students and found racial bias
Teachers use tougher language when describing the misbehavior of Black children, new research shows.
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/ 1 year agoWhat is intersectionality? A scholar of organizational behavior explains
First used in the 1970s, the social theory known as intersectionality triggered widespread debate on racial identifications and the interplay among...
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/ 1 year agoUnderstanding that chronic back pain originates from within the brain could lead to quicker recovery, a new study finds
An intriguing therapy that shifts what people perceive as the source of their pain could aid in pain management.
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/ 1 year agoBiden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach
In the absence of comprehensive AI regulation from Congress, the executive branch is building on its previous efforts to address AI...
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/ 1 year agoModern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today
Your doctor’s MD emerged from the Dark Ages, where practicing rational “human medicine” was seen as an expression of faith and...
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/ 1 year agoNASA’s robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday
Upcoming NASA missions will help scientists understand the composition of asteroids – which could inform companies one day hoping to commercially...
