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/ 5 months agoItalian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to appeal to a new generation of Catholics
Italian priest Padre Pio was one of the world’s most prayed-to saints in recent times. As Pio’s generation ages, the Catholic...
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/ 5 months ago‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care for
Jobs and child care duties can seriously hamper a student’s chances of finishing college. The problem affects Black and Hispanic students...
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/ 5 months agoFrom thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with ALS speak
Listening in on neural activity is a promising way of restoring the ability to communicate for people whose bodies no longer...
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/ 5 months agoTreating Nord Stream blasts as a whodunit misses the point – and plays into Russia’s plan to distract and divide
Since saboteurs blew up the Russia-Germany gas pipelines in September 2022, theories have swirled about who was responsible. German prosecutors recently...
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/ 5 months agoHow debt and taxes conspired to rob Nairobi’s slum-dwelling youth of the promise of a better life
A 2010 constitution offered Kenyans economic and social rights that have faded in the face of mounting national debt.
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/ 5 months agoCan a political party get any attention when its rival holds a national convention? Yes, but it’s not easy
The best an opposing party can hope for during convention week is some sort of misfire. But those are rare in...
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/ 5 months agoWant to fight gender inequality? A review of data from 118 counties shows that development aid works
Aid successfully narrowed gender gaps in nearly every country researchers examined.
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/ 5 months agoAs human population grows, people and wildlife will share more living spaces around the world
As the world’s population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land areas. A...
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/ 5 months agoThwaites Glacier won’t collapse like dominoes as feared, study finds, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is stable
Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion, a polar scientist writes. But in a rare bit of good news,...
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/ 5 months agoRural voters don’t necessarily love Walz, despite the camo hat and small-town upbringing
It takes more than camo hats, hot dish and a rural-friendly image to get the votes of America’s rural residents.
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/ 5 months agoChina leans into using AI − even as the US leads in developing it
In the AI game, China has bet on strategic use over innovation, tightening its grip domestically and extending its reach internationally.
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/ 5 months agoSpace missions are getting more complex − lessons from Amazon and FedEx can inform satellite and spacecraft management in orbit
The space missions of the future will need to coordinate multiple satellites and spacecraft − and figure out how to refuel,...
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/ 5 months agoSquid have tiny teeth in their suckers − scientists could use their unique properties to make self-healing materials
Researchers can use powerful microscopes to capture the tiny teeth in squid suckers.
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/ 5 months agoLos Angeles is in a 4-year sprint to deliver a car-free 2028 Olympics
Can a city that’s synonymous with freeways and gridlock deliver a car-free Olympic Games? Los Angeles has picked up the torch.
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/ 5 months agoDemocratic Party’s embrace of organized labor in 2024 elections has long roots that had started to wither
Both sides took this marriage for granted until Southern Democrats, concerned that labor unions would organize Black workers across the South,...
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/ 5 months agoAmerica’s Iran policy is a failure − piecemeal deterrence and sanctions can go only so far
Escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is partly the result of an unsuccessful, decade-long plan to ‘contain and deter’ the Iranian...
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/ 5 months agoPoliticians step up attacks on the teaching of scientific theories in US schools
A growing number of states are passing laws that call scientific theories into question.
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/ 5 months agoDo Charli XCX’s and Kid Rock’s endorsements make a difference? 19% of young people admit they might
While celebrities are unlikely to decisively shift whom many people choose to vote for, their endorsement of a political candidate can...
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/ 5 months agoBlood sugar fluctuations after eating play an important role in anxiety and depression
High-carb diets, especially of ultraprocessed foods, create blood sugar spikes, while diets high in leafy, green vegetables and whole grains are...
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/ 5 months agoAI pioneers want bots to replace human teachers – here’s why that’s unlikely
Artificial intelligence ‘bots’ may be widely available to teach in the coming years. But will they be effective? An expert on...
