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Agriculture Aug 11, 2026

As New World screwworm returns to the US, a new dashboard tracks the risk

In the 1950s, the New World screwworm cost U.S. livestock producers tens of millions of dollars a year, reaching $50 million to $100 million annually in the hardest-hit Southwest, before it was eradicated from the United ...

Social Sciences Aug 11, 2026

Researchers create early warning system to monitor housing evictions

Human service organizations play an important role in connecting people to housing, health care, food access and other essential services. Yet forecasting community needs can be difficult in times of rapid change or crisis ...

Social Sciences Aug 11, 2026

Legal reforms shift public discourse on social issues across Asia, but acceptance varies by context

The past decade has brought a wave of legal reforms around same-sex relationships across Asia: India struck down its colonial-era ban in 2018; Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage in 2019; Singapore repealed Section 377A, with ...

Education Aug 11, 2026

Australian students can read, but they can't spot misinformation

The good news is that the majority of Australian students have again reached proficiency standards in reading and writing literacy—marking almost 20 years of consistent achievement. These results suggest two-thirds of Australian ...

Astronomy Aug 11, 2026

The telescope that points itself

I'll admit to using AI for things it was probably never designed for. When my van threw a fault I couldn't immediately figure out—one that seems notorious for trips back and forth to a repair shop—I ended up in a long (but ...

Political science Aug 11, 2026

Opposition to local data centers rises sharply, survey finds

As protesters rally against data center construction in dozens of states and New York and Texas pause the issuance of permits for large data centers, a new nationally representative survey finds that Americans' opposition ...

Mathematics Aug 10, 2026

When it comes to predicting people's preferences, it pays to consider 'the power of three'

In his 1927 paper, "A law of comparative judgment," the American psychologist L. L. Thurstone proposed that when people select one option among multiple alternatives, they are picking the one that has the highest value to ...

Social Sciences Aug 10, 2026

AI is making disinformation harder to spot—but we've found a new way to catch it

Do you ever see comments on social media that seem way off-topic but still manage to wrench the discussion around to divisive political debate?

Social Sciences Aug 10, 2026

AI persona practice boosts empathy scores in small pilot study

Rodney Luster, Ph.D., University research chair and chair of the Center for Leadership and Entrepreneurial Research (CLER) in the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies, presented pilot research examining the potential ...

Environment Aug 10, 2026

AI cyclone forecasts could add 30 hours of warning time

Tropical cyclones are among the most destructive natural forces on the planet, but predicting where they will go and how strong they will become is beset by challenges. Current methods are often good at tracking storm paths ...

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