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Researchers Made a Social Media Platform Where Every User Was AI. The Bots Ended Up at War

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Social Media AJ Dellinger Aug 12

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Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills

Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warn that the more you use AI, the more your cognitive abilities deteriorate.

Artificial Intelligence AJ Dellinger Feb 10

Sam Altman-Funded Study Finds UBI Won’t Save Us From AI

A new study funded by the OpenAI CEO found that basic income can help pay the bills, but far from a solution to AI taking everyone's job.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Jul 23

Tesla Recalls 125,000 Cars Over Seat Belt Issue

Elon Musk's EV maker has now issued recalls affecting more than 2.5 million vehicles this year

Transportation Laura Bratton, Quartz May 31

Covid-19 Can Live on Smartphone Screens for Up to 28 Days, Researchers Find

Back in March, as the covid-19 pandemic took over the planet, Apple finally told users that it’s okay to use some disinfecting wipes on their iPhones. At the time, transmission risks were opaque and it was better to be safe than sorry. In the meantime, we’ve learned that saliva droplets in the air pose the…

Health Rhett Jones Oct 12

New Study Disproves the Republican Lie That National Monuments Hurt Local Economies

Donald Trump stripped Bears Ears National Monument and the Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah of their federal designations during his first year in office. State legislators applauded this move, fearing that the protections that come with this designation would hurt local economic benefits from mining, logging, and ranching. A new study, however, paints a different picture. Published…

Conservation Yessenia Funes Mar 18

Air Pollution Kills More People a Year Than Cigarettes, And Fossil Fuels Are Why

All eyes are on the current coronavirus outbreak becoming the next pandemic, but scientists are ringing the alarm on an ongoing pandemic that already exists: Air pollution. In a paper published Monday night in the journal Cardiovascular Research, the team of European researchers highlights the number of deaths air pollution causes each year. Almost 8.8…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Mar 2

Switching to Renewables May Spur Trillions Dollars Worth of Benefits in US

The costs of installing renewable energy are far outweighed by the health benefits they would unlock, according to a new study. Those benefits could add up to upwards of $2.2 trillion. Published in the journal Environmental Research Letters on Tuesday, the study looks at how transitioning away from fossil fuels—which spew nasty junk such as…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Oct 29

Childhood Lead Exposure May Increase Risk of Mental Illness, Study Suggests

Lead exposure is no joke. Especially in children. We already know it can lead to behavioral problems and learning disabilities as these exposed children age. Now, researchers have uncovered another potential impact: mental illness. A study out Wednesday in the JAMA Psychiatry journal shows that early exposure to the toxic metal, which can be found…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jan 23

Colorful Maps Show How We’ve Transformed Earth’s Surface Over the Past 25 Years

The world’s changed a lot over the last quarter century. In fact, 22 percent of our planet’s livable surface has changed dramatically between the years 1992 and 2015, according to a new study published Monday. The study, published in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, used satellite data from the European Space…

Earth Science Yessenia Funes Nov 20

Black and Native American Communities Are More Likely to Lose it All in Wildfires

Natural disasters don’t hit everyone equally. We know this is true when it comes to hurricanes, and a new study indicates a similar pattern of discrimination exists regarding the impacts of wildfires. More than 29 million people are threatened by wildfires across the U.S., but especially in the West and Southeast, according to a new…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Nov 2

After Costs, Uber and Lyft Drivers Average Less Than $4 an Hour, Depressing New Study Claims [Updated]

Editor’s note: After Uber’s chief economist, Jonathan Hall, publicly criticized the MIT study’s findings for being based on “inconsistent logic,” its lead co-author acknowledged that the study’s conclusions may be inaccurate and said he plans to run a new analysis to recalculate drivers’ wages. Since taking over as Uber’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi has done a…

Tech News Rhett Jones Mar 2

We Finally Know Exactly How the Flint Water Crisis Killed 12 People

In the predominantly black city of Flint, Michigan, 12 people died and at least 87 people got sick between 2014 and 2015—the result of a deadly bacterial outbreak that was suspected to have been triggered by the same water crisis that saw lead leach into the water supply. A pair of studies out this week…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Feb 6

Dressing Up as Batman May Help Boost Your Productivity

Batman’s work ethic and self-control are arguably his greatest superpowers—even more so than his stacks and stacks of cash. But what does it take to develop those characteristics in a person? According to a new story, it could be as simple as dressing up as Batman. Researchers Rachel E. White of Hamilton College and Emily…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 5

Study Says Most Redditors Won’t Read This Story Before Voting on It

Most people are guilty of sharing a story on Facebook or Twitter that they didn’t read. And according to a new study, users are no different when it comes to performatively upvoting articles on Reddit. What’s most surprising is just how often those votes are impulse clicks. According to Motherboard, a new paper by a…

Tech News Rhett Jones Nov 30

Study Estimates That Pokémon GO Has Caused More Than 100,000 Traffic Accidents

The Pokémon GO phenomenon has mostly faded, but the destruction left in its wake could be far larger than anyone imagined. Two professors from Purdue University have attempted to get an idea of the game’s effect on traffic accidents by studying data from one county in Indiana. The results don’t reflect well on Pikachu and…

Tech News Rhett Jones Nov 27

If We Want Robots to Be Good, We May Need to Destroy Their Self-Confidence

We’ve all worried about artificial intelligence reaching a point in which its cognitive ability is so far beyond ours that it turns against us. But what if we just turned the AI into a spineless weenie that longs for our approval? Researchers are suggesting that could be a great step towards improving the algorithms, even…

Artificial Intelligence Rhett Jones Jun 5

Study Identifies the Likely Genetic Mutation Responsible for Smooshed-Faced Dogs

Scientists have long understood that dogs with flat faces like pugs and bulldogs are the result of out-of-control selective breeding. But they’ve yet to discover the exact genetic mutation that’s responsible for the physical traits of these dogs. A new study has gone a long way towards finding the answer and could have implications for…

Tech News Rhett Jones May 28

‘Molecular Condoms’ Could Be the Best Form of Birth Control Yet

In a breakthrough that almost sounds too good to be true, researchers have found a potential new form of birth control that could solve numerous problems. It offers the possibility of being effective for both sexes, no hormonal side effects, and might even be a Plan B that doesn’t piss off anti-abortion advocates. https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-first-menstrual-period-in-a-dish-could-revol-1793684158 In…

Tech News Rhett Jones May 16

Weed Microdosing Mice Study Brings Great News, But There’s a Catch

Microdosing weed has become a minor trend with humans lately, but the science on its actual benefits is fairly shaky. Now, in a newly published study by a group of scientists in Germany, evidence shows that older mice may experience a reversal of brain aging and a restoration of the ability to learn. https://gizmodo.com/hospitals-deny-patients-organ-transplants-for-smoking-w-1794019593 Published…

Tech News Rhett Jones May 8

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Researchers Made a Social Media Platform Where Every User Was AI. The Bots Ended Up at War

Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills

Sam Altman-Funded Study Finds UBI Won’t Save Us From AI

Tesla Recalls 125,000 Cars Over Seat Belt Issue

Covid-19 Can Live on Smartphone Screens for Up to 28 Days, Researchers Find

New Study Disproves the Republican Lie That National Monuments Hurt Local Economies

Air Pollution Kills More People a Year Than Cigarettes, And Fossil Fuels Are Why

Switching to Renewables May Spur Trillions Dollars Worth of Benefits in US

Childhood Lead Exposure May Increase Risk of Mental Illness, Study Suggests

Colorful Maps Show How We’ve Transformed Earth’s Surface Over the Past 25 Years

Black and Native American Communities Are More Likely to Lose it All in Wildfires

After Costs, Uber and Lyft Drivers Average Less Than $4 an Hour, Depressing New Study Claims [Updated]

We Finally Know Exactly How the Flint Water Crisis Killed 12 People

Dressing Up as Batman May Help Boost Your Productivity

Study Says Most Redditors Won’t Read This Story Before Voting on It

Study Estimates That Pokémon GO Has Caused More Than 100,000 Traffic Accidents

If We Want Robots to Be Good, We May Need to Destroy Their Self-Confidence

Study Identifies the Likely Genetic Mutation Responsible for Smooshed-Faced Dogs

‘Molecular Condoms’ Could Be the Best Form of Birth Control Yet

Weed Microdosing Mice Study Brings Great News, But There’s a Catch

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Intel Jumps On Board Elon Musk’s Terafab Chipmaking Project

Anthropic’s New Model Is So Scarily Powerful It Won’t Be Released, Anthropic Says

Musk Asks Court to Give Potential Winnings in OpenAI Suit to OpenAI’s Nonprofit

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