28/05/2025

What I've learned from teaching philosophy in prisons

Of all the subjects that could be taught in prisons, philosophy might seem a strange choice. You might think that we should address the educational basics first, since, according to a House of Commons report, 57% of prisoners ...

Is the bar higher for scientific claims of alien life?

The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and outright skepticism. Recently, scientists claimed the "strongest evidence" of life on a distant exoplanet—a ...

AI tool reveals single-cell structure of chromosomes—in 3D

In a leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, two scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of chromosomes inside individual ...

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