Education
To save in-person lectures, universities need to provide lessons worth showing up for
In-person lectures have been a staple of university learning for centuries.This article is brought to you by this site.
Month: September 2025
Economics & Business
New research shows Black Summer’s megafires left lasting scars far beyond property damage
Beginning in the second half of 2019, what we now know as the Black Summer fires began devastating eastern Australia.This article is brought to you by this site.
Education
How Indigenous-led health education in remote communities can make reconciliation real
If Canada is serious about reconciliation, it must change how it trains health professionals. Right now, too few Indigenous doctors, nurses and other providers are working in communities that need them most. And too often, […]
AI
Experts question Albania’s AI-generated minister
Last week, Albania announced that an AI-generated minister would take charge of a new public tenders portfolio.This article is brought to you by this site.
Social Sciences
Could humans and AI become a new kind of evolutionary individual?
In a recent op-ed published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and co-author Paul Rainey explore whether deepening interdependence between humans and AI could lead to a new […]
Economics & Business
Data privacy push sparks tech surge in US banks
A new study led by Dr. Sarah Zhang from Alliance Manchester Business School has uncovered how small banks in the United States are reacting to growing concerns about data privacy.This article is brought to you […]
Political Science
Science journalists as brokers of trust
“Trust in science is collapsing”—that’s the alarm we often hear. It’s not surprising, then, that recent years have seen major efforts to study the phenomenon and its dynamics in the general population. Far less attention, […]
Economics & Business
Instant ramen: A short history of a long noodle
Food prices remain high even as inflation eases, and instant noodles are at the top of the list of cheap options.This article is brought to you by this site.
Economics & Business
From tattoos to plastic bottles, here’s how society assigns moral values to everyday things
When we think about morality, we usually focus on actions: is this act morally right or wrong? But increasingly, these kinds of debates involve the morality of everyday objects, like plastic bottles, smartphones or even […]
Social Sciences
About 1% of people don’t have sex. New research shows it may be partly genetic
Sex is important. Romantic, typically sexual, partnerships are often among the most central relationships in individuals’ lives, providing a host of personal, health, social and economic benefits.This article is brought to you by this site.