WEIRD HISTORY
The AI most likely to cause you harm is not some malevolent superintelligence, but the loan algorithm at your bank. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey – By Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University Published: 2023 Nov 21 – The turmoil at ChatGPT-maker …
‘Valley of the Yosemite’ by the 19th-century artist Albert Bierstadt, owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images – By Thomas S. Bremer, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, American Religious History, Rhodes College Published: 2023 Nov 20 – …
Gamma rays can be produced from the two steams of jets formed when supermassive stars collapse into themselves at the end of their lives. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2023 Nov 17 – Earlier this year, it was reported that the Earth was hit …
In small-group, subsistence living, it makes sense for everyone to do lots of jobs. gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Sarah Lacy, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Delaware and by Cara Ocobock, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame – …
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the favorite to become México’s first female president. AP Photo/Marco Ugart – By Xavier Medina Vidal, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Arlington and by Christopher Chambers-Ju, Assistant …
Artist’s representation of AT2022tsd, aka the Tasmanian Devil LFBOT event. The image shows one possible explanation – of a black hole accumulating matter and powering a jet. Robert L. Hurt/Caltech/IPAC/Cornell University – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Nov 15 – Space is a place of astronomical …
Breaking up is hard to do. Glasshouse Images/Getty Images – By Susan Smith-Peter, Professor of Russian history, City University of New York Published: 2023 Nov 14 – Do names on a map matter? When they are in border territories, the answer is probably …
If traveling into the past is possible, one way to do it might be sending people through tunnels in space. by raggio5 via Pixabay – By Adi Foord, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Published: 2023 Nov 13 – …
Cranberries grow on vines in sandy bogs and marshes. Lance Cheung, USDA/Flick – By Serina DeSalvio, Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics and Genomics, Texas A&M University Published: 2023 Nov 09 – Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did …
The researchers analyzed recycled plastic pellets like these and found a shockingly high amount of chemical compounds that call the material’s use into question. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2023 Nov 10 – While the use of recycled plastics is normally considered a noble …
