News

  1. Artificial Intelligence

    Talking to a chatbot may weaken someone’s belief in conspiracy theories

    AI might help lift conspiracy theorists out of the rabbit hole, but some researchers say proceed with caution.

    By Sujata Gupta
  2. Anthropology

    Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neandertals

    DNA from a partial skeleton found in France indicates that European Neandertals consisted of at least two genetically distinct populations.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Health & Medicine

    California droughts may help valley fever spread

    Droughts temporarily dampen the number of valley fever cases across the state, but cases spike in the years after rains return.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  4. Artificial Intelligence

    AI generates harsher punishments for people who use Black dialect

    ChatGPT and similar AI sort those who use African American English dialect into less prestigious jobs and dole out harsher criminal punishments.