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Building fairness into AI is crucial – and hard to get right

  • Written by Ferdinando Fioretto, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Virginia
imageAre the AIs making decisions about your life fair?sorbetto/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Artificial intelligence’s capacity to process and analyze vast amounts of data has revolutionized decision-making processes, making operations in health care, finance, criminal justice and other sectors of society more efficient and, in many...

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How much stress is too much? A psychiatrist explains the links between toxic stress and poor health − and how to get help

  • Written by Lawson R. Wulsin, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati
imageToxic stress increases the risks for obesity, diabetes, depression and other illnesses.Klaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision via Getty Images

COVID-19 taught most people that the line between tolerable and toxic stress – defined as persistent demands that lead to disease – varies widely. But some people will age faster and die younger from toxic...

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What the Buddhist text Therigatha teaches about women’s enlightenment

  • Written by Jue Liang, Assistant Professor of Religion, Case Western Reserve University
imageTibetan Buddhist nuns offering prayers in Kathmandu.Prakash/Mathema /AFP via Getty Images

Images of Buddha’s enlightenment often portray him sitting alone under the bodhi tree, his body emaciated from fasting. Some depictions show the Buddha’s right hand pointing down, asking the earth goddess to bear witness to his enlightenment.

Demonic...

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$50K per year for a degree in a low-wage industry − is culinary school worth it?

  • Written by Ellen T. Meiser, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii at Hilo
imageCooks and chefs regularly debate the merits of culinary school.Diy13/iStock via Getty Images

America’s culinary schools are feeling the heat.

When chef Gordon Ramsay appeared on an episode of the YouTube series “Last Meal” in January 2024, he described U.S. culinary schools as “depressing” places that...

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How ghost streams and redlining’s legacy lead to unfairness in flood risk, in Detroit and elsewhere

  • Written by Jacob Napieralski, Professor of Geology, University of Michigan-Dearborn
imageThe Detroit River inundated Detroit's Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood in 2021.AP/Corey Williams

In 2021, metro Detroit was hit with a rainstorm so severe that President Joe Biden issued a major disaster declaration at state officials’ request.

Nearly 8 inches of rain fell within 24 hours, closing every major freeway and causing massive damage...

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Female mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding sites − and with the arrival of spring, they’re already on the hunt

  • Written by Kaylee Marrero, Ph.D. Student and Transdisiplinary Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences Fellow, Florida International University
image_Aedes aegypti_, found across much of the U.S., spread Zika, dengue, chikungunya and other viruses.Mailson Pignata/iStock via Getty Images

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, one of the most common species in the U.S., love everything about humans. They love our body heat and odors, which enable them to find us. They love to feed on our blood to make their...

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Supreme Court’s questions about First Amendment cases show support for ‘free trade in ideas’

  • Written by Wayne Unger, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
imageClouds float over the Supreme Court building on March 15, 2024.Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

This term, the U.S. Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in a total of five cases involving questions about whether and how the First Amendment to the Constitution applies to social media platforms and their users. These cases are parts of a larger...

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Donor-advised funds: US regulators are scrambling to catch up with the boom in these charitable giving accounts

  • Written by Brian Mittendorf, Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
imageDAFs more or less operate as a mini foundation.Wong Yu Liang/Moment via Getty Images

A revolution in charitable giving is underway due to the growth of donor-advised funds in the United States.

Known widely as DAFs, these financial accounts are designated for charitable giving. Donors can get an immediate tax deduction by putting money or other...

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Profits over patients: For-profit nursing home chains are draining resources from care while shifting huge sums to owners’ pockets

  • Written by Sean Campbell, Investigative journalist, The Conversation
imageThe for-profit nursing home sector is growing, and it places a premium on cost cutting and big profits, which has led to low staffing and patient neglect and mistreatment.picture alliance via Getty Images

The care at Landmark of Louisville Rehabilitation and Nursing was abysmal when state inspectors filed their survey report of the Kentucky...

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As the US government and record labels go after TikTok, musicians get the squeeze

  • Written by Ediz Ozelkan, Lecturer of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
imageThomas Raggi of the band Måneskin performs a concert that streamed live on TikTok in 2021.Fabian Sommer/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

For much of the year, TikTok has been on the defensive.

On March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would force the short-form video app to be sold off from its Chinese...

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  2. How do airplanes fly? An aerospace engineer explains the physics of flight
  3. Amid growth in AI writing tools, this course teaches future lawyers and other professionals to become better editors
  4. Children experience more injuries, stress and even burnout when they specialize in one sport
  5. Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical burdens for families and schools
  6. Biden and Trump, though old, are both likely to survive to the end of the next president’s term, demographers explain
  7. Why Fani Willis was allowed to stay on as prosecutor of criminal case against Trump in Georgia – and what happens next
  8. Is TikTok’s parent company an agent of the Chinese state? In China Inc., it’s a little more complicated
  9. ‘Gross negligence’: why a parent like James Crumbley can be found guilty for their child’s crimes
  10. How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology
  11. Trump wouldn’t be the first presidential candidate to campaign from a prison cell
  12. What is the ‘great replacement theory’? A scholar of race relations explains
  13. Pacemaker powered by light eliminates need for batteries and allows the heart to function more naturally − new research
  14. Did Biden really steal the election? Students learn how to debunk conspiracy theories in this course
  15. The hostility Black women face in higher education carries dire consequences
  16. Why do airlines charge so much for checked bags? This obscure rule helps explain why
  17. Israel’s army exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox are part of a bigger challenge: The Jewish state is divided over the Jewish religion
  18. How meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now that it’s faded from the headlines
  19. How for-profit nursing home regulators can use the powers they already have to fix growing problems with poor-quality care
  20. For-profit nursing homes are cutting corners on safety and draining resources with financial shenanigans − especially at midsize chains that dodge public scrutiny
  21. Trump nearly derailed democracy once − here’s what to watch out for in reelection campaign
  22. Proteins in milk and blood could one day let doctors detect breast cancer earlier – and save lives
  23. City mouse or country mouse? I collect mice from Philly homes to study how they got so good at urban living
  24. Employees have a right to express support for Black Lives Matter while they’re on the job, according to a historic labor board decision
  25. Wendy’s ‘surge pricing’ mess looks like a case study in stakeholder conflict
  26. COVID-19 vaccines: CDC says people ages 65 and up should get a shot this spring – a geriatrician explains why it’s vitally important
  27. Judge nixes some of Georgia’s charges against Trump and his allies − but that won’t necessarily derail the case
  28. Buyouts can bring relief from medical debt, but they’re far from a cure
  29. Putin has no successor, no living rivals and no retirement plan – why his eventual death will set off a vicious power struggle
  30. Congress’ failure so far to deliver on promise of tens of billions in new research spending threatens America’s long-term economic competitiveness
  31. What is the Darien Gap? And why are more migrants risking this Latin American route to get to the US?
  32. Climate-friendly beef? Argentina’s new ‘carbon-neutral’ certification could help reduce livestock emissions – if it’s done right
  33. How AI is shaping the music listening habits of Gen Z
  34. Hopes that Biden will quit his reelection campaign ignore the differences – and lessons – of LBJ and 1968’s Democratic catastrophe
  35. What the numbers say about diversity on corporate boards
  36. Leprosy cases are rising in the US – what is the ancient disease and why is it spreading now?
  37. Surviving fishing gear entanglement isn’t enough for endangered right whales – females still don’t breed afterward
  38. Solar eclipses result from a fantastic celestial coincidence of scale and distance
  39. Total solar eclipses, while stunning, can damage your eyes if viewed without the right protection
  40. Climate change matters to more and more people – and could be a deciding factor in the 2024 election
  41. Pennsylvania overhauled its sentencing guidelines to be more fair and consistent − but racial disparities may not disappear so soon
  42. 3 things to watch for in Russia’s presidential election – other than Putin’s win, that is
  43. Solar power occupies a lot of space – here’s how to make it more ecologically beneficial to the land it sits on
  44. Growing secrecy limits government accountability
  45. Yes, sexism among Republican voters helped sink Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign
  46. What is the Japanese ‘wabi-sabi’ aesthetic actually about? ‘Miserable tea’ and loneliness, for starters
  47. Salty foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning their microbiomes
  48. NASA’s search for life on Mars: a rocky road for its rovers, a long slog for scientists – and back on Earth, a battle of the budget
  49. National parks teach students about environmental issues in this course
  50. US attempt to ‘revitalize’ Palestinian Authority risks making the PA less legitimate, more unpopular