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/ 1 year agoThe idea that imprisonment ‘corrects’ prisoners stretches back to some of the earliest texts in history
Mesopotamia’s prisons were built for detaining people, not punishing them. But they shaped powerful ideas about justice and reform that aren’t...
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/ 1 year agoSocial media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
Social media companies’ drive to keep you on their platforms clashes with how people evolved to learn from each other. One...
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/ 1 year agoCaroline Herschel was the first female astronomer, but she still lacks name recognition two centuries later
Astronomer Caroline Herschel’s work discovering and cataloging astronomical objects in the 18th century is still used in the field today, but...
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/ 1 year agoAI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible
The phrase ‘research data management’ might make your eyes glaze over, but it’s actually this behind-the-scenes work that allows for large-scale...
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/ 1 year agoCan you cry underwater?
An ophthalmologist explains how important tears are to keeping your eyes feeling good and working well – whether you’re on dry...
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/ 1 year agoHurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast
Forecasters are warning of a destructive storm for Mexico and the US Southwest – with El Niño, a heat dome and...
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/ 1 year agoAs BRICS cooperation accelerates, is it time for the US to develop a BRICS policy?
BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – compose 41% of the world population and almost a third...
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/ 1 year agoTipping etiquette and norms are in flux − here’s how you can avoid feeling flustered or ripped off
Tipping seems to be more coercive and less tied to service quality these days.
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/ 1 year agoIdentifying fire victims through DNA analysis can be challenging − a geneticist explains what forensics is learning from archaeology
Maui officials have asked relatives to provide DNA samples to help identify victims of the Lahaina wildfires. Time and exposure to...
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/ 1 year agoMemes about animal resistance are everywhere — here’s why you shouldn’t laugh off rebellious orcas and sea otters too quickly
A few marine mammals in apparent revolt pushed meme-makers into overdrive. But a scholar who thinks about justice and human-animal relations...
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/ 1 year agoChatGPT and other language AIs are nothing without humans – a sociologist explains how countless hidden people make the magic
Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without many...
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/ 1 year agoRisk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds
Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999...
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/ 1 year agoGeorgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump’s actions have already disqualified him from the presidency
US law actually bars former President Donald Trump from holding office ever again. The recent Georgia indictment of Trump helps make...
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/ 1 year agoNagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics
The 120,000 residents of the disputed region are being deprived of food and medicines after a crucial link to Armenia was...
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/ 1 year agoHow Ukraine’s savvy official social media rallied the world and raised the bar for national propaganda
An analysis of tweets posted by the Ukrainian national government and the Kyiv city government in the early days of the...
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/ 1 year agoA changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event − can we prevent another?
New findings from the La Brea Tar Pits in southern California suggest human-caused wildfires in the region, along with a warming...
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/ 1 year agoA carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and quickly make it less profitable to pollute − here’s why
Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied to greenhouse gas...
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/ 1 year agoSolidarity and symbolism the order of the day as US, Japan and South Korea leaders meet at Camp David
President Biden has an opportunity to show himself as a global leader who can bring historically antagonistic U.S. allies together.
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/ 1 year agoWhat Florida gets wrong about George Washington and the benefits he received from enslaving Black people
Florida’s new standards for teaching social studies include throwbacks to an interpretation of slavery as benign or inconsequential.
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/ 1 year agoCan coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation? A psychologist explains why there’s no substitute for shut-eye
While a cup of joe or a brief nap during an all-nighter might help you feel a little more alert, it...
