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/ 8 months agoHow camping bans − like the one the Supreme Court just upheld − can fit into ‘hostile design’: Strategies to push out homeless people
Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public spaces.
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/ 8 months agoSupreme Court makes prosecution of Trump on obstruction charge more difficult, with ruling to narrowly define law used against him and Jan. 6 rioters
Government prosecutors, ruled the Supreme Court, stretched the meaning of a law that’s been used to prosecute those alleged to have...
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/ 8 months agoICE detainees suffer preventable deaths − Q&A with a medical researcher about systemic failures
ICE detention facilities suffer from outdated systems, a lack of translation services – and a penchant for releasing ailing detainees to...
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/ 8 months agoFederal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low
Research funding is down in recent years despite promises made with the CHIPS and Science Act.
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/ 8 months agoWestern interest in ayahuasca is creating challenges for local Indigenous communities and raising issues of cultural appropriation
The psychotropic allure of the ayahuasca plant for hundreds of thousands of non-Indigenous consciousness seekers is raising many concerns.
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/ 8 months agoChatGPT and the movie ‘Her’ are just the latest example of the ‘sci-fi feedback loop’
Science fiction and technological innovation feed off each other in an ongoing back-and-forth that can play out over decades.
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/ 8 months agoBiden crashes, Trump lies: A campaign-defining presidential debate
Scholars of communication and politics assess a presidential debate with a clear loser, but no clear winner.
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/ 8 months agoSupreme Court sidesteps case on whether federal law on medical emergencies overrides Idaho’s abortion ban
The Supreme Court conceded that it should not have taken up the case to begin with.
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/ 8 months agoSupreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over legal protections for the Sackler family that owned the company
The company helped spur a public health crisis through its deceptive marketing and aggressive sales of prescription opioids.
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/ 8 months agoGazans’ extreme hunger could leave its mark on subsequent generations
Hunger, stress, trauma, inadequate sanitation and other factors are converging to create a widespread humanitarian disaster with consequences that could last...
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/ 8 months ago5 ways anti-diversity laws affect LGBTQ+ people and research in higher ed
Laws that scrap diversity, equity and inclusion programs on campus are likely to result in less support for LGBTQ+ students, a...
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/ 8 months agoFireworks sales have fallen back to Earth after years of explosive growth – here’s why
Setting off fireworks at home was as much a pandemic trend as buying a Peloton.
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/ 8 months agoAI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk
Many videos people upload to YouTube aren’t really meant for public consumption, but they’re available for AI companies to vacuum up....
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/ 8 months agoLucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, stood just 3.5 feet tall − but she still towers over our understanding of human origins
A photo of Lucy’s reconstructed skeleton next to a live four-year-old girl shows how human Lucy was – and how small.
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/ 8 months agoThe science behind splashdown − an aerospace engineer explains how NASA and SpaceX get spacecraft safely back on Earth
Safely landing a spacecraft that’s falling from the sky very quickly is easier said than done.
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/ 8 months agoPope Francis may have surprised many by inviting comedians to the Vatican, but the value of humor has deep roots in Catholic tradition
Catholic theologians and monastics have always encouraged humor, emphasizing its power to heal and bring cultures together.
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/ 8 months agoHow the surrealists used randomness as a catalyst for creative expression
A century ago, the French writer and poet André Breton penned his ‘Manifesto of Surrealism,’ launching an art movement known for...
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/ 8 months agoWhat people say today about the first televised presidential debate, between Nixon and JFK, doesn’t match first reactions in 1960
While people now reflect on how or whether Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance during the debate cost him the election, the view...
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/ 8 months agoHail the size of golf balls and even grapefruit? The science of how tiny ice crystals grow dangerously large
An atmospheric scientist explains how hail forms and how this extreme weather phenomenon may be changing, with tips on how to...
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/ 8 months agoFor many Olympic medalists, silver stings more than bronze
Researchers used AI to analyze photos of Olympic medalists and found that bronze medalists appeared happier than silver medalists. A cognitive...
