The flying drone attack marks one of the latest cases in which criminals have been using consumer models to facilitate illegal activity.
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Starbucks is only the latest example of a very old systemic problem. Are these trainings effective?
Imagined memory palaces are still used by memory champions and the few who practice the memory arts, but they are best known from Greco-Roman times.
A new study highlights the role Facebook algorithms unwittingly played in ISIS recruitment and points to continuing problems.
Smart connected devices finding their way into million of’ homes are being taken over by domestic abusers, allowing them to invade and disrupt victims’ lives in a new, terrifying way
We all know who Confucius was, but what did he teach?
Artificial intelligence continues to tackle jobs traditionally performed by humans. However, our cognitive biases will challenge our ability to effectively integrate AI into human teams.
America isn’t immune to attempts to remove books from libraries and schools, here are ten frequent targets and why you ought to go check them out.
When we are asked to check a sex-identity box on a bureaucratic form, what definition of sex is being invoked and to what end?
The probe, no larger than a car, will be the closest a man-made object has ever gotten to the sun. We will be able to study and see it like we’ve never seen it before.
Late night texts provide insights on America’s recreational drug use, documenting good and bad times with meth, cocaine, heroin, pills, marijuana, LSD, and ecstasy.
How do you stop domestic violence in a country with a 1%-2.5% conviction rate? Pakistan’s first-ever Violence Against Women Center makes it safer for survivors of crime to report and prosecute.
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Technical knowledge continues to be privileged over social knowledge.
A new study attempts to figure out why the motor cortex sometimes synchronizes to speech as the auditory cortex does.
An online conspiracy theory about President Donald Trump is now affecting people and politics in real life.
Hubble holds the record, finding a galaxy when the Universe was just 3% it’s age. In just a few years, James Webb will shatter it. One of the great scientific lessons […]
Why is it awkward to listen to a recording of your own voice? What makes us cringe? A deep study of awkwardness has the answers.
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A new study from Harvard Business School finds open-office layouts actually inhibit face-to-face interaction and collaboration.
The online dating world has become more and more profitable as single people search for love.
NASA’s Twins Study is critical to understanding what happens to the human body after a prolonged period in space.
Sticklers, pedants, and English teachers love to correct your grammar, but they can put their red pens down when it comes to these six folk errors.
Twitter clarifies whether it would block any world leaders from its platform.
New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.
Could neuroscience help a Jeffrey Dahmer or a Ted Bundy become… better people?
It marks the third such defamation against Jones, but it’s not clear the plaintiffs will have an easy case ahead of them.
The effect of this trend will be with us for decades to come, experts say.
Plant cognitive ecologist Monica Gagliano talks about the challenges facing serious scientific research into plant intelligence.
A global Ebola pandemic could cause tens of millions of deaths. To prevent this, researchers at Lehigh University have created a predictive model based on the migratory patterns of bats.