A Shift in the World of Science
What this year’s Nobels can teach us about science and humanity.
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Artificial Intelligence, Conspiracy Theories, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), internal-storyline-no, Psychology and Psychologists, Research, Rumors and Misinformation, Tech Industry, Tech News, your-feed-scienceThis Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy Theories
Read more: This Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy TheoriesIn a new study, many people doubted or abandoned false beliefs after a short conversation with the DebunkBot.
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Artificial Intelligence, China, internal-storyline-no, Science and Technology, Tech Industry, Tech News
The Global Race to Control A.I.
Read more: The Global Race to Control A.I.We explore who is winning — and what could come next.
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Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, internal-storyline-no, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Space and Astronomy, Tech Industry, Tech News, vis-design, your-feed-science
Supernova or Coronavirus: Can You Tell the Difference?
Read more: Supernova or Coronavirus: Can You Tell the Difference?A scientist finds beauty in the “visual synonyms” that exist in images seen through microscopes and telescopes.
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Artificial Intelligence, Computers and the Internet, internal-storyline-no, Tech Industry, Tech News
Artificial Intelligence ‘Friends’
Read more: Artificial Intelligence ‘Friends’What Times tech columnist Kevin Roose learned about digital companionship.
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Conservation of Resources, eastern europe, Forests and Forestry, internal-storyline-no, Nature Plants (Journal), Research, russia, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Tech Industry, Tech News, Wood and Wood Products, your-feed-science
New Method That Pinpoints Wood’s Origin May Curb Illegal Timber
Read more: New Method That Pinpoints Wood’s Origin May Curb Illegal TimberThe study could help identify wood from Russia, which has been banned by many countries because of the war.
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Amphibians, Fossils, George Washington University, internal-storyline-no, Museums, Names, Organizational, Paleontology, Research, Skull (Body Part), Smithsonian Institution, Tech Industry, Tech News
Prehistoric Amphibian Ancestor Is Named for Kermit the Frog
Read more: Prehistoric Amphibian Ancestor Is Named for Kermit the FrogThe species seemed to have bug eyes and a smile, so a team of researchers named it Kermitops gratus in honor of the banjo-playing Muppet.
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Alcohol Abuse, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Deaths (Fatalities), internal-storyline-no, Research, Tech Industry, Tech News, Two Thousand Twenty One, your-feed-healthcare
Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says
Read more: Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC SaysSpikes of fatalities linked to drinking that began with the Covid pandemic were not an anomaly. An estimated 178,000 people died in 2021 from similar causes.
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Air Pollution, Environmental Science & Technology Letters (Journal), Global Warming, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, internal-storyline-no, Japan, Mercury (Metal), Oceans and Seas, Poisoning and Poisons, Research, Tech Industry, Tech News, tuna, Water Pollution
Why Is Mercury Stubbornly High in Tuna? Researchers Might Have an Answer.
Read more: Why Is Mercury Stubbornly High in Tuna? Researchers Might Have an Answer.Old accumulations of the toxic metal in the deep sea are circulating into shallower waters where the fish feed, new research found.
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Archaeology and Anthropology, Egypt, Egyptian Civilization, Funerals and Memorials, Handicrafts, internal-storyline-no, Mummies and Mummification, Tech Industry, Tech News, your-feed-science
From Ancient Egypt, Death Masks Find an Afterlife
Read more: From Ancient Egypt, Death Masks Find an AfterlifeArchaeologists working in Saqqara recently unearthed three funerary masks at least 1,800 years old.
