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As a society, everyone is motivated to regulate AI development. For individual companies, though, the opposite is true.
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Cloud seeding – spraying materials into clouds to increase precipitation – has been around for nearly 80 years. But…
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Sexual predators have found a new way to exploit children: taking control of their webcams to record them without their…
Scientists had figured a fossil found in Spain more than a century ago was from a Neandertal. But a new analysis suggests…
A psychologist explains how opponents of climate policies use a common thinking error to manipulate the public – and why…
As they shape the Earth, volcanoes inspire and terrify humans.
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Polio vaccines have been a massive public health victory in the US. But purely celebratory messaging overlooks the ongoing…
Learning new rules requires the suppression of old ones. A better understanding of the brain circuits involved in behavioral…
Museum archives hold biological specimens that have been collected over years or even decades. Modern molecular analysis…
Scrolling TikTok or Instagram causes mental fatigue, which can lead people to purchase items based on how many ‘likes’…
Each rainbow is personal – the rainbow you see isn’t exactly the same rainbow the next person sees. It’s all in the…
Don’t be intimidated by the package insert that comes with your medication. Learning how to read it can help you better…