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To have better disagreements, change your words – here are 4 ways to make your counterpart feel heard and keep the conversation going
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-31 By Julia Minson, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Atlantic hurricane season 2023: El Niño and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-30 By Christina Patricola, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
How can Congress regulate AI? Erect guardrails, ensure accountability and address monopolistic power
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-30 By Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
‘Man, the hunter’? Archaeologists’ assumptions about gender roles in past humans ignore an icky but potentially crucial part of original ‘paleo diet’
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-30 By Raven Garvey, Associate Professor of Anthropology; Curator of High Latitude and Western North American Archaeology, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology; Faculty Affiliate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, University of Michigan
Your body naturally produces opioids without causing addiction or overdose – studying how this process works could help reduce the side effects of opioid drugs
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-30 By John Michael Streicher, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Arizona
Including race in clinical algorithms can both reduce and increase health inequities – it depends on what doctors use them for
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-26 By Anirban Basu, Professor of Health Economics, University of Washington
Drilling down on treatment-resistant fungi with molecular machines
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-26 By Ana L. Santos, Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology, Rice University
China’s hypersonic missiles threaten US power in the Pacific – an aerospace engineer explains how the weapons work and the unique threats they pose
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-24 By Iain Boyd, Director, Center for National Security Initiatives; Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Rhythmically stimulating the brain with electrical currents could boost cognitive function, according to analysis of over 100 studies
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-24 By Shrey Grover, Ph.D. Candidate in Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University
ChatGPT and other generative AI could foster science denial and misunderstanding – here’s how you can be on alert
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-24 By Gale Sinatra, Professor of Education and Psychology, University of Southern California
Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-23 By Kate Saenko, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Boston University
Chronic pain can be objectively measured using brain signals – new research
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-22 By Prasad Shirvalkar, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco
AI is changing how Americans find jobs, get promoted and succeed at work
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-22 By Catherine Rymsha, Visiting Lecturer of Management, UMass Lowell
Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world’s most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-22 By Chad Hanna, Professor of Physics, Penn State
What is a black box? A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2023-05-22 By Saurabh Bagchi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

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