People have fairly consistent preferences when it comes to judging the beauty of things in the real world—it's well known, for example, that humans prefer symmetrical faces. But our feelings about art may be more personal, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2023
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Overconfidence has long been recognized as a critical problem in judgment and decision making.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2023
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The first time I heard about quantum information science, I was at a teacher development workshop in Canada in 2008.
Education
Sep 11, 2023
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Bias in the collection of data on which artificial intelligence (AI) computer programs depend can limit the usefulness of this rapidly growing tool for climate scientists predicting future scenarios and guiding global action, ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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Researchers are more likely to pen scientific papers with co-authors of the same gender, a pattern that cannot be simply explained by the varying gender representation across scientific disciplines and time, according to ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2023
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Cornell researchers have shown that data science and artificial intelligence tools can successfully identify when prosecutors question potential jurors differently, in an effort to prevent women and Black people from serving ...
Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2023
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In the evolving world of precision medicine, the need for methods that can measure biomolecules with supreme accuracy and specificity is paramount. Recognizing this, Associate Professor Yan Xu of the Graduate School of Engineering ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 23, 2023
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The addition of "trust" and "distrust" buttons on social media, alongside standard "like" buttons, could help to reduce the spread of misinformation, finds a new experimental study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2023
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On the beach. In the ocean. Traveling along riverways. In muggy Florida and chilly Ireland. Even floating through the air.
Biotechnology
May 15, 2023
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The way light moves around inside an optical microcavity provides an exciting opportunity to explore the connection between classical and quantum physics. This field of research is known as quantum chaos, and it has the potential ...
Optics & Photonics
May 9, 2023
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