Stories by The Conversation US

Poor interface design clearly fails to address human errors

Neuroscientists have started to identify thinking processes and brain regions involved with creativity

The 1918 flu did not come from Spain

In rural China, the charge seems used by a household to get land, money, or other resources from rivals

Start by understanding why people are so reluctant to trust AI in the first place

The psychologist who helped draft a complaint letter to Apple weighs in with her opinion about phones and children

One of these hot spots may be developing along the coast of Texas and Louisiana

Around the world people are both increasingly dependent on, and distrustful of, digital technology

Many Americans will see snow plows clear their roads today, but few will consider that the salt those plows often drop is a pollutant—with effects scientists are still trying to understand

Some web sites and apps that don’t charge you for their services have found a new way to make money from you: using your computer to generate virtual currencies

Instances of mass hysteria may strike you as rare events in modern advanced societies, but such outbreaks are products of their times

Scientists estimate that only 5 percent of a likely 1.5 million species of fungi have been described and named

Try applying lessons from academics to your personal life

Climate change could worsen the situation, potentially destabilizing mercury deposits in permafrost

Many of us spend only about six seconds on the job  

Another piece of internet history disappears as AOL Instant Messenger is discontinued after 20 years

As the U.S. weakens its protections for internet users, it risks falling behind the rest of the world

Tales with individual faces and objects seem to help

We may be underestimating how much pain babies feel when they are under stress

Iran has conducted several highly damaging cyberattacks and become a major threat that will only get worse

Despite making a poor first impression, jellyfish are among the most unusual animals on Earth and deserve a second chance to introduce themselves

Biologists remain largely unaware of the potential vulnerabilities that come with digitizing biotechnology

A new study further challenges the idea that clay on Mars formed just like that on Earth

Users must decide if the benefits of these sites outweigh their costs, but can that decision be made freely if social networking sites are potentially addictive?