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Ping, ping ping. Here's what it's like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science
A team of about 60 researchers are spending six weeks in the Great Plains chasing hail. It's a first-of-its-kind giant ...
AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks
Everything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity. Data-hungry tech ...
AI tools collect and store data about you from all your devices – here’s how to be aware of what you’re revealing
Although AI tools collect people’s data, and the way this accumulation of data affects people’s data privacy is concerning, the tools can also be useful. AI-powered applications can streamline ...
AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define
The implications of AI literacy, or lack thereof, are far-reaching. They extend beyond national ambitions to remain “a global leader in this technological revolution” or even ...
Older adults with dementia misjudge their financial skills – which may make them more vulnerable to fraud, new research finds
(THE CONVERSATION) Older adults diagnosed with dementia lose their ability to assess how well they manage their finances, according to a recent study I co-authored in The Gerontologist. In comparison, ...
From Washington’s burned letters to Trump’s missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people’s full understanding of history
The White House has removed the official transcripts of Trump’s public remarks from its government website, NBC News reported in May 2025, replacing the written transcripts with select videos and ...
Opinion
Federal R&D funding boosts productivity for the whole economy − making big cuts to such government spending unwise
Federal R&D spending is also often on the chopping block whenever Congress focuses on deficit reduction. In part, that likely reflects the gradual nature of the economic benefits from ...
Energy Star, on the Trump administration’s target list, has a long history of helping consumers’ wallets and the planet
Energy Star was launched by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 and later expanded in partnership with the Department of Energy with a simple goal: making it easier for consumers and ...
How a new bus line in Philadelphia is defying post-pandemic transit trends
While ridership on most SEPTA routes has declined in the post-pandemic era, Route 49 is one of the only Philly bus or train lines to see ridership growth. It had the largest post-COVID rebound of any ...
Video games teach students in this class how religion works in the modern world
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The number of Americans filing for jobless claims last week remains at the highest level in 8 months
U.S. filings for jobless benefits were unchanged last week, remaining at the higher end of recent ranges as uncertainty over the impact of trade wars lingers. New applications for jobless ...
A look at previous plane crashes in India
India has had several major plane crashes in recent decades. In 1996, a Saudi Arabian airlines Boeing 747 taking off from Delhi collided in midair with an arriving Kazakhstan Airline flight, ...