Author: The Conversation

MIT researchers say using ChatGPT can rot your brain. The truth is a little more complicated

MIT researchers say using ChatGPT can rot your brain. The truth is a little more complicated

Disney’s enjoyable new animation may be an original story – but it’s also a forgettable one

Disney’s enjoyable new animation may be an original story – but it’s also a forgettable one

New start date for the Anthropocene proposed – when humans first changed global methane levels

New start date for the Anthropocene proposed – when humans first changed global methane levels

celebrating the wonderful slippery queerness of Penda’s Fen

celebrating the wonderful slippery queerness of Penda’s Fen

WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky move

WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky move

What ancient ice sheets can tell us about future sea level rise

What ancient ice sheets can tell us about future sea level rise

psychology’s answer to our darkest fears about people

psychology’s answer to our darkest fears about people

Why some elite athletes face a higher risk of developing motor neurone disease – and what we’re doing about it

Why some elite athletes face a higher risk of developing motor neurone disease – and what we’re doing about it

Could trees know when the summer solstice is?

Could trees know when the summer solstice is?

How mice ‘listen’ with their whiskers

How mice ‘listen’ with their whiskers

Outsourcing cost of ‘impact’ data could mean 13% more bang for every charitable buck

Outsourcing cost of ‘impact’ data could mean 13% more bang for every charitable buck

the Jewish sensibility that shaped Spielberg’s blockbuster and transformed cinema

the Jewish sensibility that shaped Spielberg’s blockbuster and transformed cinema

a thinly disguised western by a nerdy young filmmaker that helped to rejuvenate Hollywood

a thinly disguised western by a nerdy young filmmaker that helped to rejuvenate Hollywood

Technology to enforce teen social media ban is ‘effective’, trial says. But this is at odds with other evidence

Technology to enforce teen social media ban is ‘effective’, trial says. But this is at odds with other evidence

how a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever

how a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever

Bribe or community benefit? Sweeteners smoothing the way for renewables projects need to be done right

Bribe or community benefit? Sweeteners smoothing the way for renewables projects need to be done right

Why Elon Musk’s US billion loss wasn’t really that – and what it tells us about the philanthropy of the ultra-wealthy

Why Elon Musk’s US$34 billion loss wasn’t really that – and what it tells us about the philanthropy of the ultra-wealthy

At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long history of dark behavior

At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long history of dark behavior