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A new AI research center opening in North Carolina: Colleges and universities are embracing AI technology, often through corporate partnerships. North Carolina Central University via Getty Images

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Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence

Staff Writer - October 8, 2025

A researcher works in a cotton field in Jenkins County, Georgia, as part of a project on AI and pesticide use. Dorothy Seybold

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What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields

TikTok appears to be changing hands, but what that means for users is up in the air. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

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TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are...

AI companies are finding that chatbots don’t have the same liability shield that internet platforms do. Westend61 via Getty Images

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Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat

Social media often serves up disturbing images but you can minimize your exposure. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images

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How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind

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Purdue Forms World’s First Institute for Tech Diplomacy Through Transformation and...

Staff Writer - January 14, 2022

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Is Google’s eagerness to answer questions promoting more falsehood online?

Staff Writer - January 7, 2017

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Big data security problems threaten consumers’ privacy

Staff Writer - March 23, 2016

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Beyond silicon: the search for new semiconductors

Staff Writer - March 10, 2016

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Windows 95 turns 20 – and new ways of interacting show...

Staff Writer - August 22, 2015

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There’s no code of ethics to govern digital forensics – and...

Staff Writer - August 11, 2015

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Is Europe’s Google antitrust probe a ‘war’ against US tech?

Staff Writer - June 11, 2015

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Can the power grid survive a cyberattack?

Staff Writer - June 9, 2015

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EXPLORING NATURE

How do kids figure out how to sort things by order? Celeste Kidd

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Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...

Staff Writer - October 5, 2025

Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...

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As an OB-GYN, I see firsthand how misleading statements on acetaminophen...

October 3, 2025

A roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

October 1, 2025

The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

September 29, 2025

Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art

How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism

September 29, 2025