The history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States
The burying ground looks like an abandoned lot.
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Can AI keep students motivated, or does it do the opposite?
Imagine a student using a writing assistant powered by a generative AI chatbot. As the bot serves up practical suggestions and encouragement, insights come more easily, drafts polish up quickly and feedback loops feel immediate. It can be energizing. But…
Is it wrong to have too much money? Your answer may depend on deep-seated values and your country’s economy
Across cultures, people often wrestle with whether having lots of money is a blessing, a burden or a moral problem. According to our new research, how someone views billionaires isn’t just about economics. Judgment also hinges on certain cultural and…
Do more likes lead to more clicks?
A new Journal of Marketing study sheds light on the dynamics of likes in social advertising and their impact on user engagement.
Survey: Californians don’t know cannabis driving laws
A new study from University of California San Diego has found that while a third of Californians use cannabis regularly, there are significant gaps in knowledge around cannabis use and driving. The researchers found that even six years after the…
See a razor-thin crescent moon line up with Mars and Mercury at sunset on Oct. 23
The waxing moon will appear alongside Mars and Mercury as the sun sets on Oct. 23
EU ambiguity on Western Sahara frozen conflict is a ‘glaring source’ of vulnerability for Sahrawis, study shows
The European Union’s legal ambiguity on the Western Sahara frozen conflict is an increasingly glaring source of vulnerability for Sahrawis, a new study shows.
Human ingenuity outpaces AI in finding new ‘kissing number’ bounds
How many coins can touch one coin, or how many basketballs can “kiss” one basketball at the same time? This seemingly playful question lies at the heart of the famous kissing number problem, a mathematical riddle that becomes almost supernaturally…
‘Sean Dummy’: Why is Elon Musk attacking the acting NASA chief?
Elon Musk has hammered acting NASA chief Sean Duffy repeatedly on social media over the past few days, calling him “Sean Dummy” and claiming he’s “trying to kill NASA.” Here’s what may be going on.
Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian artifacts puts Thera (Santorini) volcanic eruption prior to Pharaoh Ahmose
One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years took place at the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the Aegean Sea, but its dating during the late 17th or 16th century BCE remained controversial. Volcanic ash from…