Author: The Conversation

Beware businesses claiming to use trailblazing technology. They might just be ‘AI washing’ to snare investors

Beware businesses claiming to use trailblazing technology. They might just be ‘AI washing’ to snare investors

What is metabolism? A biochemist explains how different people convert energy differently − and why that matters for your health

What is metabolism? A biochemist explains how different people convert energy differently − and why that matters for your health

Philadelphia’s minimum wage has been stuck at .25 an hour since 2009 – here’s why efforts to raise it have failed

Philadelphia’s minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009 – here’s why efforts to raise it have failed

Why losing a parent when you’re a young adult is so hard

Why losing a parent when you’re a young adult is so hard

During the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will respond to darkness in the middle of the day

During the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will respond to darkness in the middle of the day

How online Ramadan content has brought Muslim ideas around faith, worship and community into the mainstream

How online Ramadan content has brought Muslim ideas around faith, worship and community into the mainstream

how surprise discoveries and lizard venom led to a new class of weight-loss drugs

how surprise discoveries and lizard venom led to a new class of weight-loss drugs

why Donald Trump’s social media ‘meme stock’ surged and fell by over US billion within a week

why Donald Trump’s social media ‘meme stock’ surged and fell by over US$1 billion within a week

How food preferences are linked to cognition and brain health – and why a balanced diet is superior

How food preferences are linked to cognition and brain health – and why a balanced diet is superior

This philosophical theory can help you stop taking criticism personally

This philosophical theory can help you stop taking criticism personally

K per year for a degree in a low-wage industry − is culinary school worth it?

$50K per year for a degree in a low-wage industry − is culinary school worth it?

Heart rate zones aren’t a perfect measure of exercise intensity, but regularly getting your heart pumping is still important for fitness

Heart rate zones aren’t a perfect measure of exercise intensity, but regularly getting your heart pumping is still important for fitness

Why aren’t there solar-powered cars?

Why aren’t there solar-powered cars?

Undersea cables are the unseen backbone of the global internet

Undersea cables are the unseen backbone of the global internet

Hospice care for those with dementia falls far short of meeting people’s needs at the end of life

Hospice care for those with dementia falls far short of meeting people’s needs at the end of life

what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice

what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice

Increasingly sophisticated AI systems can perform empathy, but their use in mental health care raises ethical questions

Increasingly sophisticated AI systems can perform empathy, but their use in mental health care raises ethical questions

Amazon, SpaceX and other companies are arguing the government agency that has protected labor rights since 1935 is actually unconstitutional

Amazon, SpaceX and other companies are arguing the government agency that has protected labor rights since 1935 is actually unconstitutional