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The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists? By Astrid Landon 09.09.2026 Schizophrenia is tough to…
Who’s in charge? The fraught union of automation and human behavior As more and more tasks are done by machines — especially now, with AI — people increasingly move from…
How will AI make moral decisions for you and me? There’s an urgent need to study how artificial intelligence makes ethical choices because it soon will make many such decisions…
Neuroscientists are discovering that spending time with others may be a basic biological necessity, like need for food or water By Elizabeth Preston. June 1, 2026 To our human eyes,…
Nostalgia plays a big role in the meals that bring us solace — which mean we might be able to recondition ourselves toward healthier foods that still soothe By: Debbie…
As more adults cut off their parents, a researcher calls for closer scrutiny of causes and effects, and suggests paths to reconciliation By: Katherine Ellison 04.02.2026 Adult children vs. parents,…
Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses By Katarina Zimmer 01.12.2026 Deep in northwestern Africa, a high-pitched hum…
In a year of funding chaos, ongoing climate change and pollution perils, we also saw the most powerful telescope yet, personalized gene therapy, and the next-best-thing to an HIV vaccine…
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine This record-setting year for heat saw stunning auroras, a map of a brain, a Dengue epidemic, the first look at rocks from…
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Authored by Betsy Mason By performing tricks for birds, monkeys and other creatures, researchers hope to learn how they perceive and think…