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Curious Kids, Science and Technology August 27, 2024

What is mental imagery? Brain researchers explain the pictures in your mind and why they’re useful

by Lynne Gauthier, UMass Lowell and Jiabin Shen, UMass Lowell, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages….

Agriculture August 26, 2024

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics of the fungus devastating bananas worldwide

by Li-Jun Ma, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Did you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type as…

Science and Technology August 24, 2024

From thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with ALS speak

by Nicholas Card, University of California, Davis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Brain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help paralyzed people regain functions…

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Science and Technology August 20, 2024

Archaeologists conduct first ‘space excavation’ on International Space Station – and discover surprising quirks of zero-gravity life

by Justin St. P. Walsh, Chapman University and Alice Gorman, Flinders University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] New results from the first archaeological fieldwork conducted…

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Science and Technology August 13, 2024

Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world

by Meghan P. Keating, Clemson University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and…

Science and Technology August 10, 2024

Love for cats lures students into this course, which uses feline research to teach science

by Jonathan Losos, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The…

Science and Technology July 25, 2024

What do genes have to do with psychology? They likely influence your behavior more than you realize

by Jessica D. Ayers, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As a species, humans like to think that we are fully in control…

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Science and Technology July 10, 2024

When scientific citations go rogue: Uncovering ‘sneaked references’

by Lonni Besançon, Linköping University and Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A researcher working alone –…

Science and Technology July 10, 2024

From diagnosing brain disorders to cognitive enhancement, 100 years of EEG have transformed neuroscience

by Erika Nyhus, Bowdoin College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Electroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years since the invention of…

Psychology June 13, 2024

How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth

by Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Prominent cases of purported lying continue to dominate the news cycle. President Joe…

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