Labs trying to understand the spread of microplastics have a unique problem: the tiny plastic particles are everywhere. Avoiding contamination of samples and experiments takes a lot of time and effort ...

There is an old saying among psychological scientists that “Research is me-search.” This means, of course, that people, including psychologists, are drawn to topics that have deep relevance to issues ...

Students are using ChatGPT more than ever — and ChatGPT knows it. Last week, OpenAI launched "study mode" in its chatbot, aimed directly at the student market. It's meant to behave more like a tutor ...

As AI becomes a daily work tool, the real risk may not be losing our intelligence—but losing confidence in our own thinking.

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