The Conversation
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Regulating AI: Experts explain why it’s difficult to do and important to get right
From fake photos of Donald Trump being arrested by New York City police officers to a chatbot describing a very-much-alive computer scientist as having ... -
Why tornadoes are still hard to forecast – even though storm predictions are improving
Meteorologists began warning about severe weather with the potential for tornadoes several days before storms tore across the Southeast and the Central U.S. in ... -
Trump’s indictment stretches US legal system in new ways – a former prosecutor explains four key points to understand
When former President Donald Trump turns himself over to authorities in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and is arraigned, the charges on ... -
Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electronics
Superconductors make highly efficient electronics, but the ultralow temperatures and ultrahigh pressures required to make them work are costly and difficult to implement. Room-temperature ... -
SVB’s newfangled failure fits a century-old pattern of bank runs, with a social media twist
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, 2023, came as a shock to most Americans. Even people like myself, a scholar of ... -
Generative AIs could help protect against fraud and misinformation
Shortly after rumors leaked of former President Donald Trump’s impending indictment, images purporting to show his arrest appeared online. These images looked like news ... -
What peace in Ukraine and a post-conflict world look like to Xi and Putin
Just a few days after being branded a war criminal in an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin was talking peace with his ... -
The risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023, amid a chorus of calls from members ... -
Federal Reserve’s ‘soft landing’ goal has become bumpier
U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers have targeted a “soft landing” for the U.S. economy since beginning their effort a year ago to tame runaway inflation ... -
Building better brain collaboration online – the decade-long Human Brain Project
Recent years have seen both impressive advances in computational technologies and neuroscience and increasing prevalence of mental disorders. These forces sparked the launch of ... -
Environment Japan: Better to be safe than sorry
Following the announcement of the Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on March 3rd, 2023, the Japanese Government Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno has recently confirmed ... -
Inflation is proving particularly stubborn – but jitters over banking failures complicate rate decision
The U.S. Federal Reserve is facing a rather sticky problem. Despite its best efforts over the past year, inflation is stubbornly refusing to head ... -
Why SVB and Signature Bank failed so fast – and the crisis isn’t over yet
Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed with enormous speed – so quickly that they could be textbook cases of classic bank runs, in ... -
Russia wants military aid from China – this deal could help China, too
China is considering sending weapons, ammunition and drones to Russia, according to information the Biden administration declassified at the end of February 2023. China’s ... -
How Frances Willard shaped feminism by leading the 19th-century temperance movement
As younger adults opt for “wellness” products, many are practicing alcohol abstinence. Sometimes referred to as “sober curious,” this trend of often forgoing alcohol ... -
How access to ChatGPT-style tech is about to change our world
ChatGPT burst onto the technology world, gaining 100 million users by the end of January 2023, just two months after its launch and bringing ... -
Why TikTok is being banned on gov’t phones in US and beyond
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued ... -
When there are no words: Translating wartime trauma in Ukraine
On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one thing is clear: The destruction the war has wreaked upon Ukrainians over the last ... -
Why users are falling hard for an app that raises serious ethical questions
The warm light of friendship, intimacy and romantic love illuminates the best aspects of being human – while also casting a deep shadow of ... -
Spy balloon drama elevates public attention, pressure for the US to confront China
Seven days after a Chinese spy balloon began drifting across the United States, the U.S. military downed it with a single missile. But the ... -
Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible?
Many Americans have heard the expression “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” – in fact, a quick Google search turns up ... -
Sports betting apps’ notifications encourage more and more wagers – why some people get hooked
Joe is a full-time college student who also works some nights as a security guard. He played basketball all through high school and loves ... -
The politics of blasphemy
On Jan. 17, 2023, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which carries the death penalty for insulting the ... -
Interest rates and Fed’s epic inflation fight
The Fed is trying to figure out whether last year’s rate hikes have slowed the economy enough to get inflation near its target of ... -
US debt default could trigger dollar’s collapse and severely erode America’s political and economic might
It’s a case of déjà vu all over again on the debt ceiling debate. Republicans, who regained control of the House of Representatives in ... -
Acts that defy humanity
In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved ... -
Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal
Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin. So news ... -
Marriage provides health benefits – and here’s why
The new year is traditionally a time when many people feel a renewed commitment to create healthy habits, such as exercising regularly, drinking more ... -
Three ways the pandemic forced companies to rethink and transform how they source their products
This is the sixth and final installment in our series on where the global economy is heading in 2023. It follows recent articles on ... -
Our centuries-long quest for ‘a quiet place’
A lithograph by French caricaturist J. J. Grandville depicts the torture of too much noise The 2018 film “A Quiet Place” is an edge-of-your-seat ... -
Nativity sets around the world show each culture’s take on the Christmas story
For many Christians around the world, celebrating the Nativity, or the birth of Jesus Christ, is the most important part of the Christmas season. ... -
Air pollution harms the brain and mental health, too
People who breathe polluted air experience changes within the brain regions that control emotions, and as a result, they may be more likely to ... -
Why will so many Americans be cheering the Queen?
Whether it is reporting the role of the Sex Pistols or that of the royal corgis, U.S. media has suddenly taken an interest in ... -
The Asian Canadian gay activist whose theories on sexuality were decades ahead of their time
Laurie Marhoefer University of Washington Historians are rediscovering one of the most important LGBTQ activists of the early 20th Century – an Asian Canadian ... -
Chinatowns more vibrant after pandemic, anti-Asian violence
The last week of April was a whirlwind for San Francisco’s Chinatown. The storied neighborhood debuted the “AAPI Community Heroes Mural,” a mostly black ...
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