Tragically, mass shootings occur often enough that they no longer seem like rarities. However, two back-to-back shootings in California in recent days stood out as unusual for another reason: In both cases, the suspected perpetrators ...
Sharon Hartley considered herself a fairly average drinker. She had followed a similar pattern to that of other people she knew in their mid-40s – teenage drinking that continued at university and in her 20s, ...
Shutterstock.com Every generation has their own way of doing things, speaking broadly. When it comes to money, Gen Z’s financial habits have been quite different from those exhibited by baby boomers in the past. The ...
Abby Rayner was 13 when she first watched livestreams on Instagram that demonstrated self-harm techniques and encouraged viewers to participate. Over the next few years, she would become deeply involved in so-called self-harm communities, groups ...
Since the pandemic, where online disinformation surged online about Covid-19, the social media sites have all committed to doing more to battle falsehoods. On the whole, they have seen some success in removing harmful mistrust ...
Editor’s Note (1/18/23): Moderna announced this week that its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine is 84 percent effective at preventing lower respiratory disease in older adults. Scientific American answered common questions about the virus, its ...
Just over a month ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a text-producing artificial intelligence (AI) application. ChatGPT is impressive. It can draft unique, plausible, college-level essays on topics ranging from economics to philosophy—in iambic pentameter if asked. ...
Dharamsala, January 20 (IANS) Over 220,000 Tibetans age 60 and above may die in the ongoing Covid-19 surge in China, according to an estimate by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) based on demographic data ...
WILTON, CT — Here’s what ‘s happening at Wilton Library in February: Now through Friday, March 3 Colors Art Exhibition at Wilton Library. The dramatic and colorful works of a talented local couple will be ...
University of Southern California (USC) researchers may have found the biggest influencer in the spread of fake news: social platforms’ structure of rewarding users for habitually sharing information. The team’s findings, published by Proceedings of ...