How does a television set work?
Pictures and sound, flying through the air to a box in your house? Back in the 1940s, it seemed like a miracle.
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Text-to-image AI: powerful, easy-to-use technology for making art – and fakes
Text-to-image generators like DALL-E and Stable Diffusion portend a future where anyone with a computer can fake a photograph…
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Pharma's expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Paten
The Medicines Patent Pool was created to promote public health, facilitating generic licensing for patented drugs that treat…
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This course takes college students out of this world – and teaches them what it takes to become spac
Spacecraft are just a small part of what it takes for humans to become an interplanetary species. A political science professor…
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Orthodox Judaism can still be a difficult world for LGBTQ Jews – but in some groups, the tide is slo
Orthodox Jewish communities are still difficult places for many LGBTQ people. Yet the view, once ubiquitous, that Orthodox…
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's pending promotion sheds new light on his overlooked fight for equal rights a
Known as the military leader who saved America, Ulysses S. Grant left a legacy of fighting for the rights of enslaved people…
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A judge in Texas is using a recent Supreme Court ruling to say domestic abusers can keep their guns
Research shows that removing guns from violent abusers saves lives. But laws doing just that are at risk of being ruled…
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How fake foreign news fed political fervor and led to the American Revolution
Fuel for the American Revolution came from a source familiar today: distorted news reports used to drum up enthusiasm for…
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The 4 biggest gift-giving mistakes, according to a consumer psychologist
Finding good gifts can be tricky. Here are some research-backed tips to help you with your holiday shopping.
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Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss
Polar bears and wolves may get the glory, but small predators like weasels, foxes and their cousins play outsized ecological…
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Jobs are up! Wages are up! So why am I as an economist so gloomy?
Usually when jobs and wages are rising, it’s a good thing, but right now they may signal higher odds of a nasty recession…
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Religious freedom and LGBTQ rights are clashing in schools and on campuses – and courts are deciding
Yeshiva University’s legal case has garnered national attention, but several similar cases are underway.
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Protecting 30% of Earth's surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far
Governments, scientists and conservation groups are working to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water for nature by 2030.…
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Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds
The hacker who steals your data is just one part of an illicit supply chain featuring producers, wholesalers, distributors…
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Brain-computer interfaces could allow soldiers to control weapons with their thoughts and turn off t
From warfare to entertainment and VR, brain-computer interface development has extended beyond prosthetics for patients…
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