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AI-mediated culture is already being filtered in ways that favor the familiar, the describable and the conventional.
Indecision reflects self-interest more than sensitivity – and leaves friends, family and acquaintances feeling disrespected.
Unusual words or punctuation may serve as ‘tells’ that something has been written by a chatbot. But even with that knowledge, most people struggle to discern human writing from AI-generated text.
Lewd customers, backstabbing co-workers and managers making unrealistic demands can take a toll.
The Los Angeles fires may be the most costly natural disaster in US history. An expert on safety, risk reduction and complex systems calls for a blue-ribbon commission to analyze their causes.
Politics and the lack of compensation are among the factors that can undermine the peer review process, which is important to the quality of knowledge in academic journals.
In a loosely regulated industry, followers shouldn’t necessarily buy what these influencers are selling.
New research found that consumers were less likely to buy a product associated with pleasure if marketers emphasized it was developed with science.
It’s easy to assume that the practice has few, if any, downsides. But a new study explored some of its social repercussions.
While past studies have placed the proportion of child-free American adults at somewhere between 2% and 9%, a study found that in Michigan, over 1 in 4 adults don’t want kids.
Is it time for some scientists to turn back to pre-COVID-19 research?
Whether you are predicting the outcome of an election or studying how effective a new drug is, there will always be some uncertainty. A margin of error is how statisticians measure that uncertainty.
The prospect of going to university is exciting but it can also be an anxious time. Here are the things you need to know from the start.
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