Psychology
Stop Trying to ‘Find’ Your Passion—There’s a Better Way to Love What You Do
Recognizing that interests are malleable and can be developed can make us more resilient, open and creative
Opinion
Fossil Fuels
EPA’s Critics Recycle Nonsense about Cost to Cut Pollution
For decades industry has claimed that curbing pollution costs too much, but the reality has proven otherwise. Here we go again, this time on power plant carbon emissions
Climate Change
Classifying Heat Waves Will Help People Better Understand Their Dangers
Climate change is making heat waves stronger and longer. Naming and ranking them like we do with hurricanes will make governments, companies and people take hot days more seriously...
Computing
Don’t Blame AI. Plagiarism Is Turning Digital News into Hot Garbage
A botched obituary underlines threats from both artificial intelligence and digital plagiarism mills to pollute the news with misinformation
Genetics
The Complete Human Y Chromosome Marks an Opportunity to Move Away from Stigma
The Y chromosome was once used to label people as criminal. A new complete Y chromosome sequence just might combat this dangerous myth
Psychology
Your Brain Looks for ‘Winning Streaks’ Everywhere—Here's Why
This is why we misinterpret life’s weird and wonderful random events
Computing
Does the First Amendment Confer a ‘Right to Compute’? The Future of AI May Depend on It
We need to figure out if there is a constitutional right to compute
Education
Two Thirds of American Kids Can’t Read Fluently
Phonics may be a popular way to teach reading, but it fails too many children
Neuroscience
Autism, Human Connection and the ‘Double Empathy’ Problem
Despite stereotypes, many autistic people yearn for meaningful relationships, but they are daunted by neurotypicals’ assumptions about them
Black Holes
JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes
Black holes in the extraordinarily distant cosmos are out of tune with their host galaxies, offering insights into their formation
