AI can manipulate a real event or invent one from thin air to create a ‘situation deepfake.’ These deepfakes threaten…
Research has found that race-neutral policies were not enough to achieve diversity in Brazil’s higher education system.…
Some people incorrectly say the Moon landings didn’t happen. But the evidence – and logic – isn’t on their side.
While UFO videos might seem compelling, they’re rarely backed up with evidence. A sociologist explains why claims of alien…
The new museum opened at a time when the teaching of Black history is under attack by conservative politicians.
Women’s rights groups and politicians have pushed, ultimately unsuccessfully, for the Equal Rights Amendment to become…
Russian authorities have given no legitimate justification for dropping criminal cases against rebel troops – undermining…
Specific beliefs may have more to do with people’s vaccine views than their religious affiliation – but it depends on…
Barbie has long functioned as a proxy onto which cultural aspirations and anxieties about womanhood are projected.
As temperatures rise in the US, so does the incidence of heat-related deaths, including heatstroke.
As actors join screenwriters in a strike that has shut down movie productions, a labor historian looks back at union action…
American journalist Evan Gershkovich is being detained in Russia. But recent US-Russia prisoner swaps indicate his release…
At least half of surveyed US adults experienced loneliness and social isolation.
Water temperatures in the 90s off Florida in July are alarming, a NOAA coral scientist writes. Scientists in several North…
When it comes to chemical weapons, American condemnation, even if hypocritical, is still valuable.
A scholar of religion who is writing a book on sacred drugs explains how today’s ‘psychedelic renaissance’ reflects…
With many employers switching to remote work, two engineering experts explain the feasibility of converting office buildings…
A former national security staffer, now a scholar of secrecy law, says criticisms of Trump’s federal indictment for hoarding…
Donors’ sentiments expressed on Twitter became more cheerful before they made a gift to support Wikipedia, researchers…
With the approval of the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive, pharmacists stand to play an ever-increasing role in…