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The Oscars have rolled out the red carpet for generative AI. And surprisingly, viewers...

The Oscars have entered the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Last week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences explicitly said, for the first...

What NFTs and Antiques Roadshow have in common

If you’ve ever watched Antiques Roadshow, you know that an item’s history—its provenance—can dramatically increase its value. A baseball bat, for example, becomes far more...

Economic shifts over 50 years have hurt the health and lifespans of less-educated Americans,...

New research from the University of Michigan shows that major economic changes over the past 50 years have had serious impacts on the health...

Consumers grow more worried about jobs and economy amid trade policy uncertainty

Consumer confidence fell sharply in April, continuing a steady decline that has now stretched to four months. According to the latest survey from the University...

Smartphones may strongly change how we pay attention and feel our bodies

Smartphones are everywhere in our daily lives. We use them to talk, text, browse, play, and more. But with all this use, some scientists have...

Most Northern Irish women faced harassment as children, study finds

A new study has found that the majority of women in Northern Ireland experienced sexist behavior or harassment from men when they were still...

Television wasn’t the death knell for cinema, and that holds lessons for the creative...

As television grew rapidly in popularity in the second half of the 20th century, many people assumed it would cause a knock-on crisis for...

From brain Bluetooth to ‘full RoboCop’: Where chip implants will be headed soon

In the 1987 classic film "RoboCop," the deceased Detroit cop Alex Murphy is reborn as a cyborg. He has a robotic body and a full...

Nearly half of Aussies gamers lose money to manipulative game designs, survey finds

A new study has revealed that almost half of Australian gamers have lost money due to manipulative tactics built into digital games. The research, titled...

Scientists reveal the harsh reality behind sex work: most women say it’s their only...

A new study from researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) challenges common beliefs about sex work and reveals the complex and often...