Social Sciences
Promoting social inclusion through pet companionship
The benefits of pet companionship have been widely researched and celebrated.This article is brought to you by this site.
Month: May 2025
Education
Linguistics could make language learning more relevant and attractive for school pupils
A 2023 YouGov poll found that only 21% of UK adults can hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue. About half of the other 79% regretted not engaging more with languages […]
AI
Self-trained vision transformers mimic human gaze with surprising precision
Can machines ever see the world as we see it? Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that vision transformers (ViTs), a type of deep-learning model that specializes in image analysis, can spontaneously develop human-like visual attention […]
Social Sciences
Parents are not happier but have a greater sense of meaning in life, study finds
A study by Dr. Ansgar Hudde and Professor Dr. Marita Jacob at the University of Cologne’s Department of Sociology and Social Psychology has shown that parenthood is associated with a lower level of satisfaction in […]
Social Sciences
Study sheds light on coward punch fatalities in Australia
A new study led by Monash University and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine has provided new insights into Coward Punch offenses in Australia. This research, published in the journal Medicine, Science and the Law, […]
Political Science
Report calls to reverse the decline of high street ‘ghost towns’
The Government needs to take urgent steps to reverse the deterioration of England’s High Streets—particularly in the North, and in more deprived and coastal areas.This article is brought to you by this site.
AI
AI model pinpoints sources of driver stress, paving the way for smart driving assistants
In 2024, 1,040 accidents were recorded on Spanish roads, in addition to minor collisions and other driving problems. The causes of these accidents include speeding, adverse weather conditions and substance abuse, but also distraction and […]
AI
Tool automatically separates training and test data to improve AI evaluation
A new tool has been developed to better assess the performance of AI models. It was developed by bioinformaticians at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS).This article is brought […]
AI
Dark LLMs: It’s still easy to trick most AI chatbots into providing harmful information, study finds
A group of AI researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has found that despite efforts by large language model (LLM) makers, most commonly available chatbots are still easily tricked into generating […]
Economics & Business
Research examines body cameras as a response to rising retail violence
A QUT-led study published in the International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction has suggested how body-worn cameras (BWCs), commonly used in law enforcement, could transform the retail and service sectors to address abuse and violence towards […]