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The Conversation - Technology

'Starwashing': How space companies use the greenwashing playbook while engaging in environmentally damaging practices - Marissa E. Yingling, University of Louisville

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China is shaping the future of open-source technology – including AI -- Christopher K. Tong, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Flesh-eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warming waters worldwide − here's how to protect yourself -- Bill Sullivan, Indiana University

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New tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with identifiable cars -- Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University

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Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers -- Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh

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How do computers talk with voices that sound like people? -- Tam Nguyen, University of Dayton

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White House plan for a 'golden age' of science ignores the structures that made the US a scientific superpower -- H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University

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A lot of casual friends, or only a few you're really close with? New research questions that trade-off -- Jessica D. Ayers, Boise State University and Diego Guevara Beltran, University of Arizona

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First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future – though a few hurdles remain before mRNA can move beyond vaccines -- Li Li, UMass Chan Medical School

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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain -- Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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How to do your own online health research like a scientist – a biostatistician's step-by-step guide -- Lucy McGowan, Wake Forest University

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SpaceX aims to use rockets to quickly transport cargo across the Earth and into orbit – moves that would expand the global cargo system -- Euihyeon Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology and Koki Ho, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks – a growing space junk problem will make doing so more important -- Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, University of Florida

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Building a long-term base on the Moon will require extensive planning – a planetary geologist describes the considerations that go into it -- Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame

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What are supermassive black holes? Everything you need to know – and what astronomers are still learning – about these mysterious objects -- Mary Ogborn, Penn State

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NASA announces its Artemis III crew, which will test important equipment and systems in Earth orbit and is testing public opinion -- Margaret Landis, Arizona State University

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What video review controversies in sports reveal about AI and human decision-making -- Pooya Tabesh, California State University, Los Angeles

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What is a side-channel attack? A cybersecurity researcher explains how computers can leak secrets without being hacked -- Chetan Jaiswal, Quinnipiac University

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AI in healthcare is an evolving landscape of new technologies, productivity benefits and legal uncertainties -- Jodyn Platt, University of Michigan and David Kao, University of Colorado Anschutz

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Got money questions? How to get chatbots to give you accurate answers -- Pawan Jain, University of Michigan Flint

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What is open-source AI? A software engineering researcher explains -- Jeffrey Young, Georgia Institute of Technology

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More articles about artificial intelligence

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When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study -- Hasan Ayaz, Drexel University; Ewart J. de Visser, United States Air Force Academy; Frank Krueger, George Mason University, and Yigit Topoglu, United States Air Force Academy

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Producing spider silk is a biological feat – scientists are using it to develop materials for drug delivery and wound care -- Aliasger K. Salem, University of Iowa

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Foldable synthetic molecules could infiltrate and bust apart the toxic protein clumps causing Parkinson's -- Sunil Kumar, University of Denver

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New genetic approaches raise hopes for restoring the American chestnut to its former glory -- Steve Strauss, Oregon State University

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Bees of many species contain tiny magnetic particles – suggesting they may have an innate magnetic compass for navigation -- Laura Russo, University of Tennessee

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Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread -- Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis

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Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions -- Tara Deans, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Cacti spines, snake fangs, snail love darts – oh my! How function drives the evolution of nature's puncture tools -- Philip Anderson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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A lack of pies for a pack of lies – what spoonerisms reveal about how the brain produces speech -- Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University

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Kids learn to bully from adults' threats, manipulation and criticism – a child psychologist explains how parents can model better tactics -- Angela J. Narayan, University of Denver

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Eroding a virtue: AI trains people to expect instant answers – and that's bad news for patience -- Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University

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Is my brain wired to never see a ghost? A psychologist on three factors that make a paranormal experience more likely -- Melissa Maffeo, Wake Forest University

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Can we remove or decrease spaces between atoms or molecules? -- Robin Macaluso, University of Texas at Arlington

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What makes muscles contract? A physiologist explains how muscles move -- Kiki Crawford, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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How hot does it get in the desert? A climate scientist explains its blazing heat -- Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton

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Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the Sun? -- Vahe Peroomian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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How hackers attack municipal water systems – and why the utilities are so vulnerable -- William Akoto, American University School of International Service

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