Megafire smoke may dampen California’s nut harvests
The summer after wildfire smoke blocked sunlight for long stretches, harvests at some almond tree orchards in California’s Central Valley dropped.
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Attractive people are expected to be more generous — and generosity makes them more attractive
A new social experiment has found that people expect attractive individuals to behave more prosocially. Those who expected attractive people to behave more prosocially also tended to judge individuals who behave prosocially as more attractive. The study was published in…
Explainer: How a seed grows into a plant
If you’ve ever picked up an acorn from an oak tree or scooped out the inside of a pumpkin, you’ve held in your hand the makings of a giant tree or a whole pumpkin patch. Seeds come in all colors,…
Scientists Say: Deepfake
Deepfake (noun, “DEEP fayk”) A deepfake is a realistic fake image, video or audio clip created by artificial intelligence, or AI. The term deepfake comes from “deep learning” and “fake.” Deep learning is the type of AI used to make…
‘I’d never seen such an audacious attack on anonymity before’: Clearview AI and the creepy tech that can identify you with a single picture
“Concerns about facial recognition had been building for decades. And now the nebulous bogeyman had finally found its form: a small company with mysterious founders and an unfathomably large database.”
Mask of Agamemnon: A gold death mask once thought to be evidence of the Trojan War
The archaeologist who discovered the mask believed it showed the Trojan War was real.
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover triggered academic exodus, study suggests
A recent study published in PS: Political Science & Politics examined the impact of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, now known as “X,” on academic engagement with the platform. The researchers found that academics were less active on Twitter after…
Which are rarer: diamonds or emeralds?
The rarity of precious gemstones comes down to the geologic process of their formation.
‘The waters become corrupt, the air infected’: How the ancient Greeks and Romans viewed pollution and what they did about it
Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning up rivers, there are many lessons to be learned.
Twin study reveals signs of MS that might be detectable before symptoms
Changes in the gene activity of immune cells may help flag people who have multiple sclerosis or are likely to develop it, a study of twins hints.
