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Millions have been spent to catch plagiarism and AI with tools from education company Turnitin. Is the tech worth it?
As international research projects are upended, European leaders say they will fill the funding void. Is that realistic?
The nature writer Robert Macfarlane probes some profound moral and environmental questions in “Is a River Alive?" ...
New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.
Although the evidence is limited, some psychologists are increasingly using ketogenic diets to treat psychiatric disorders.
Critics of Haidt’s take suggest that the evidence is mixed regarding whether increasing levels of teen mental health problems ...
A funding pause at the University of Michigan illustrates the uncertainty around new language in NIH grant awards.
The Biden administration had mandated that coal- and gas-fired power plants drastically reduce emissions by the 2030s.
Norway’s power grid wasn’t mentioned, but they have a very high percentage of hydropower, helping to provide enough electricity for EVs. Thanks for explaining that their ‘transition’ is largely built ...
I n 2006, a new study on antidepressants was making headlines with its promising results: Two-thirds of participants who tried various antidepressants recovered from their depression symptoms within ...
T wo years ago, at a Stop & Shop in Rhode Island, the Danish neuroscientist and physician Henriette Edemann-Callesen visited an aisle stocked with sleep aids containing melatonin. She looked around in ...