By Brigitte Nerlich, Emeritus Professor of Science, Language and Society, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham
AI companies and evangelists frequently use terms such as co-pilot, co-worker, co-creator and co-scientist to imply these rapidly developing systems can happily co-exist with us humans. Their inference is clear: people should always be in the loop – the AI is never in charge.
But amid stories of AI models going rogue and the prospect of
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By Hermes Bloomfield-Gadêlha, Mathematician, University of Bristol
People often take their muscles for granted. They pick up a bag, tighten a grip, climb a hill, hold a cup of coffee and the body quietly adjusts force, speed and position without the person ever thinking about it.
Muscle turns chemical energy into movement. It is able to produce force smoothly and reliably, even though it is built from huge numbers of tiny molecular components. When the load changes, muscles don’t simply wobble or fail. They…
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By David Hastings Dunn, Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Summit meetings on the fringes of funerals, diplomacy after death as the British political scientist Geoff Berridge put it, have a long and useful tradition. Not only can such working funerals force a meeting at a time that would not otherwise have happened, but they can remind those assembled of the transience of life, physical as well as political, and the urgency of now.
And so it was with the funeral of Senator Lyndsey Graham at Washington…
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By Jacques Wels, Principal Investigator, Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing, UCL
Tracking thousands of people from birth to their 80s shows that long-term financial stress may quietly reshape the ageing brain.
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By Versha Pleasant, Clinical Assistant Professor; Director, Cancer Genetics & Breast Health, University of Michigan
Menopausal hormone therapy no longer has the highest-level warning label about the risk of breast cancer, opening a gray area on who would benefit most from treatment.
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By Patrick J. Schena, Professor of Practice and International Business, Tufts University
If the US were to create a fund to harness AI and buffer the economy and workers from long-term harms AI could cause, it would not be the first country to do so.
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By Yunyao Li, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington
An atmospheric scientist explains the mechanics behind 4 types of extreme weather fueled by the smoke and the heat of wildfires.
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By Amy S. Badura-Brack, Professor of Psychological Science, Creighton University
Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s legendary warrior into a case study of moral injury, a condition that often appears in war veterans who struggle to forgive themselves.
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By Mark Vrtiska, Professor of Practice in Wildlife Management, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The phone call to my office was a typical one for mid- to late June: Canada geese were causing a problem. There was too much poop, and they were eating some flowers. The former was all too common, but the latter part was somewhat new, and the location was a first-time complaint. So, I found myself driving to the caller’s house to investigate and talk with the homeowner.
At the time, in 2006, I was the waterfowl biologist for the Nebraska…
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By Pooya Tabesh, Associate Professor of Management, California State University, Los Angeles
The World Cup’s VAR controversies reveal a broader challenge for AI-assisted decision-making: deciding what AI should handle, what it should support and what should be left to human judgment.
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