Singapore was a thriving trading hub hundreds of years before popular narratives depicted it as a quiet fishing village, according to a study of the cargo of a centuries-old shipwreck. Sometime during the middle of the 14th ...
For years, Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway have ranked near the top of the United Nations' annual index of countries based on indicators of well-being and quality of life. Countries with more poverty and less access to health ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2026
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A mystery novel, a history book, and a fantasy epic may have little in common in plot or style. But count the words inside them and a strange regularity appears: many new words show up early, then fewer and fewer as the author ...
Mathematics
Feb 17, 2026
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As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in everyday life and public institutions, trust in the companies developing AI is emerging as a critical societal issue. A new international study led by researchers ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2026
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New ethnographic research reveals nine justifications that make AI innovations almost "irresistible" across organizational and professional boundaries. The study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland and Aalto University ...
Economics & Business
Feb 17, 2026
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For years, consumers have quietly edited themselves online. A harsh review softened. A detail left out. A complaint never posted at all. New research shows that when the legal threat behind that silence disappears, the internet ...
Economics & Business
Feb 17, 2026
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Chinese chatbots may be censored by the state, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. China has a robust program of censorship and all China-originating LLMs must be approved by the Chinese government before release.
Political science
Feb 17, 2026
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As sea level rise pushes saltwater farther into the Florida Keys, it is not only roads and neighborhoods that are at risk; it is also the record of the region's earliest human history. For University of Miami archaeologist ...
Archaeology
Feb 17, 2026
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Technology is making the ride-hail industry more accessible than ever, according to new research published in the Strategic Management Journal. The study, conducted by academics at the National University of Singapore (NUS), ...
Economics & Business
Feb 17, 2026
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When psychologist Darby Saxbe began studying how parenthood shapes the brain, she made a seismic discovery that upended a long-held assumption: that only mothers undergo major biological shifts after a child's birth. Her ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2026
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