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In school, executive function (EF) – that is a set of cognitive processes that are essential for attention, concentration, planning, and problem-solving – plays a vital role in long-term success. Lower EF has consistently been linked to decreased academic achievement.…
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) If you were suspected of a crime, would you trust a chatbot to accurately explain what happened? Some police departments think the tech is ready. And officers who have started using chatbots to…
For thousands of years, people in Taiwan pulled out healthy teeth. Now we know why they underwent this painful procedure.
Over the past 41,000 years, viral communities have varied significantly between cold and warm climatic periods, scientists found.
Gender inequality remains a significant challenge across the globe, affecting all aspects of life from health and education to political representation and economic opportunities. Within the United States, a recent study published in PLOS ONE has introduced a new tool…
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto via Getty) Brussels is investigating whether Telegram breached EU digital rules by failing to provide accurate user numbers, as officials push to bring the controversial messaging app under stricter supervision. EU legal and data experts suspect that…
While airborne, globular springtails can reach a spin rate of 368 rotations per second, high-speed camera footage shows.
The Taichi-II chiplet, which could one day power super-intelligent AI models, ups the ante in light-based processing.
A study in China found that practicing high-intensity interval training for 7 minutes per day reduced premature ejaculation symptoms after day 12. Men with better attention regulation and those with larger increases in heart rate after sex tended to have…
This is another in our series of stories identifying new technologies and actions that can slow climate change, reduce its impacts or help communities cope with a rapidly changing world. The ocean is Earth’s climate hero. For decades, ocean waters have helped slow…
