More women are taking up training and recruiting positions in the Islamic State group and other militant organizations.
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L’IA ne change pas les objectifs d’Al-Qaida et de l’État islamique, mais révèle deux rapports différents à la technologie.
Les travailleurs qui produisent des plans de travail et autre dispositifs en pierre reconstituée, un matériau utilisé pour rénover les cuisines de millions de foyers, sont exposés à la silicose, une maladie incurable.
Terrorist groups may use artificial intelligence for similar purposes, but their organizational cultures shape how they understand it.
Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear taste researcher Linda Bartoshuk explain why our tastes for food change.
Workers are facing a preventable and incurable lung disease from a material being used to renovate kitchens in millions of American homes.
Calls for the Supreme Court to give fossil fuel companies immunity from liability for climate-related damage misreads the Constitution, precedent and the role of courts.
Many Formula 1 innovations have made their way from the racetrack to regular roads. But technological improvements can only go so far toward limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
The court’s decision sends the mifepristone case back to a lower court, which has signaled that it will continue its challenge to the legality of mailing the abortion pill.
When a home healthcare aide doesn’t show up, the consequences are immediate and can be dire.
Combining AI with quantum computing could enable doctors and researchers to analyze the human body at an unprecedented molecular level, unlocking breakthroughs in personalized medicine. Yet significant quantum technology hurdles remain before this vision becomes reality.
Scott Pace, the head of the National Space Council during the first Trump administration, talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the launch of Artemis II crewed mission round the Moon.
Artemis II will test the life control systems on the Orion spacecraft and, if all goes well, take a trip around the Moon.
Four years after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling gave states the power to ban abortion, further restrictions are arriving through legislation and litigation.
Public health scholars worry that the resurgence of measles may signal a coming wave of other vaccine-preventable diseases.
The proposed rescheduling of marijuana could have far-reaching implications in science, medicine and criminal justice. What is the best policy option?
At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and equal democracy.
The age of the oldest known Oldowan stone tools from east Turkana has been pushed back by 700,000 years.
Doctor’s visits are already rushed. Adding extra steps means some children, especially those from low-income families, simply won’t get the vaccines they should.
Sour acidic tastes turn bitter after you brush your teeth with toothpaste.
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Hirsh Health Law & Policy Associate Professor, George Washington University
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Professor of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University
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Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, George Washington University
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Professor of Public Health, George Washington University
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Research Professor of Psychology, George Washington University
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Professor of Environmental Law, George Washington University
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Research Associate, Food, Energy, Water Systems Lab, George Washington University
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Research Fellow in Counterterrorism, George Washington University
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Professor Emerita of Health Law and Policy, George Washington University
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Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, George Washington University
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Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Endowed Professor of Health Policy and Associate Dean, George Washington University