By Jason M. Blazakis, Professor of the Practice and Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.
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By Canan Karakoç, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bacteria make a survival gamble when they devote all their energy to forming spores. Evolution is quick to get rid of this function, and researchers did the accounting to understand why.
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By Bo Wang, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Mississippi
All the training data in the world can’t account for every possibility when AI systems interact with people and the environment.
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By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
College rankings can be consequential for less prestigious and less wealthy schools, giving them visibility they might not otherwise have.
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By Mark J. P. Wolf, Professor of Communication, Concordia University Wisconsin
The games created a new way of experiencing video games by building a 3D world in which events could unfold beyond the player’s line of sight.
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By Audrey Hendricks, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz
Nanette Santoro, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz
Capturing data about the timing and symptoms of menopause could help address many unanswered questions about this common yet ignored experience.
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By Megan Kuykendoll, Instructor of Family Science and Social Work, Miami University
When our second child was born, my spouse had several weeks of paternity leave under his parental leave policy at work.
I’m a certified family life educator, and parental leave comes up regularly in my teaching and community work. So I was aware of the benefits his leave could have for our family – in theory.
Still, I could not have imagined how significantly his leave would end up affecting our family and our connections with community.
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By Sean McCann, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago
For most people, handling receipts is a low-risk activity, but if you’re concerned, there are some straightforward precautions you can take.
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By Joshua Busby, Professor of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Greg Pollock, Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted the safety measures that exist to keep a lid on petroleum prices.
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By Johannes Lumma, Gallagher Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Jasper Verschuur, Assistant Professor in Engineering Systems and Climate, Delft University of Technology
Over a dozen countries depend on the Bab al-Mandab Strait for more than half of their maritime trade by value.
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