Science and Technolgy blog
A lot of human society requires what’s called a “theory of mind”—the ability to infer the mental state of another person and adjust our actions based on what we expect they know and are thinking. We don’t always get this…
Like a lot of the rest of the federal government right now, NASA is reeling during the first turbulent days of the Trump administration. The last two weeks have brought a change in leadership in the form of interim administrator…
A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour reveals that unmarried individuals, regardless of whether they are single, divorced, separated, or widowed, tend to experience depressive symptoms more often than their married counterparts. However, the size of this difference varies…
Artemiy Pavlov, the founder of a small but mighty music software brand called Sinesvibes, spent more than 15 years building a YouTube channel with all original content to promote his business’ products. Over all those years, he never had any…
Even the most permissive corporate AI models have sensitive topics that their creators would prefer they not discuss (e.g., weapons of mass destruction, illegal activities, or, uh, Chinese political history). Over the years, enterprising AI users have resorted to everything…
Santorini’s earthquakes are intensifying as a rare earthquake swarm continues to rattle the Mediterranean’s Aegean Sea. The earthquakes are probably caused by faults rather than volcanic activity.
Individuals who strongly endorse right-wing authoritarianism are more likely to view minority groups as a threat, according to new research published in the British Journal of Social Psychology. This tendency was evident across various countries and cultures, but it was…
Over the weekend, President Trump issued executive orders heaping significant additional tariffs on America’s biggest trading partners, Canada, China, and Mexico. To justify the tariffs—”a 25 percent additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10 percent additional…
According to Amazonian folklore, the area’s male river dolphins are shapeshifters (encantade), transforming at night into handsome young men who seduce and impregnate human women. The legend’s origins may lie in the fact that dolphins have rather human-like genitalia. A…
Research published in the Journal of Personality & Social Psychology finds that Americans in lower social class contexts perceive their contributions to society as less significant than those in higher social class contexts. Ellen C. Reinhart and colleagues examined the…
