Research
Don’t count on quitting social media to make your life better
Once upon a time, I was an avid social media user. Now, not so much. Social media make up a minimal part of my news diet and my day. I can pinpoint several reasons for this. But its effects are harder to gauge. Has cutting…
How the samurai brought stability and justice to Japan
In the early 13th century, the warrior aristocracy of Christian Europe bound its ruling monarchs to a structured legal system—first with the Magna Carta in England in 1215, and then with a succession of other treaties across…
This mouse has two biological dads?!
In a lab in Japan, scientists transformed cells from the tails of male mice into eggs. They fertilized the eggs with ordinary mouse sperm and implanted them in surrogate mouse moms. The experiment was repeated 630 times.…
France accuses Trump of booting scientist over ‘personal opinion’
Houston, the French have a problem. A space researcher flying into Houston for a conference was kicked out of the United States after border officers searched his phone and found him expressing an unfavorable "personal…
Is AI-generated political misinformation influencing elections?
Artificial intelligence pessimists, take note: New research suggests that fears about AI tools destabilizing elections through political misinformation may be overblown. The research was conducted by computer scientist Arvind…
Researchers used mosquitos to deliver malaria vaccines
"The mosquito is one of the deadliest animals on the planet," declared two South African researchers in a recent Nature article. This tiny insect is responsible for spreading malaria, a disease that infected nearly…
Are COVID-19 vaccines safe and effective?
"We are emerging from one of the darkest years in our nation's history into a summer of hope and joy, hopefully," declared President Joe Biden at a press conference on July 6, 2021. "We're closer than…
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