If you’ve interacted with an artificial intelligence chatbot, you’ve likely realized that all AI models are biased. They were trained on enormous corpuses of unruly data and refined through human instructions and testing. Bias can […]
Conversations about climate change often point to catastrophes like the melting of the polar ice caps or forest fires in California. But for people who live far away from these destructive events, the global urgency […]
Metaphors are a fundamental aspect of human language and cognition, allowing us to understand complex concepts and relationships by mapping them onto more familiar and concrete domains. However, the nature of metaphors and how they […]
What turns a democratically elected leader into an authoritarian? The process is rarely abrupt. It unfolds gradually and is often justified as a necessary reform. It is framed as what the people wanted. All this […]
“I love you so much I could eat you up,” a mother might say to her child.This post was originally published on this website.
Earlier this year, we asked a group of older adults what music they listened to when feeling lonely, and why. We discovered music was a powerful coping mechanism and source of escapism.This post was originally […]
Different countries and regions use various models for integrating immigrant students who need to learn or improve the language of schooling.This post was originally published on this website.
Teenagers are increasingly turning to AI companions for friendship, support, and even romance. But these apps could be changing how young people connect to others, both online and off.This post was originally published on this […]
The world entered its nuclear epoch 80 years ago on August 6, 1945. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing between 70,000 and 140,000 civilians by the end of […]
Given the current youth mental health crisis in the United States, many adolescents report experiencing low levels of hope—a longstanding concern that is even more pressing as the new school year begins. Substantial research over […]
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