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AI can detect financial fraud more efficiently than previous technology did, but it also flags legitimate transactions that it shouldn’t. CardMapr.nl on Unsplash, CC BY

Business

Your bank’s AI just blocked your payment – what can you do?

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Pragati Awasthi, Drexel University Imagine you’re at the supermarket checkout. Your cart is full. The line behind you is...

Economy

FTX’s collapse mirrors an infamous 18th century British financial scandal

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Amy Froide, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Enron. Bernie Madoff. FTX. In modern capitalism, it seems...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is scaling up health operations to contain the Ebola epidemic. Michel Lunanga/Getty Images

culture

What’s wrong with how US and Uganda plan to stop Ebola spreading

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Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to...

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Is my brain wired to never see a ghost? A psychologist...

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But women continue to die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth until one year after birth. Goodboy Picture Company/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Nearly half of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania occur more than 6...

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Across the U.S., people are calling for companies to pay for the damage they have done to the environment. Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images

The US Constitution and laws do not protect oil companies from...

May 24, 2026

This device measures acceleration and rotation by shining lasers into small clouds of rubidium atoms. Sandia National Laboratories

Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra‑steady rulers –...

May 20, 2026