New research shows that background checks for employment, housing and more can be highly problematic. Employers making hiring decisions, landlords considering possible tenants and schools approving ...

One of the most challenging aspects of adulthood is making decisions, such as who you choose to date or marry, how you invest your hard-earned money, or where you want to live and work. Although ...

X-ray image of adult patient spine showing scoliosis surgery. Scoliosis surgeries are effective but expensive. A groundbreaking scoliosis study, recently published in the Journal of the American ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy benefits both mother and baby. Side effects are generally mild, and studies don’t show negative effects on the baby. A criticized study that gave COVID-19 ...

A new scientific study warns that using artificial intelligence can erode our capacity for critical thinking. The research, carried out by a Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University scientific team, ...

A new study has found that those who use LLMs like ChatGPT to write essays have lower brain activity than those who just used their own thoughts to write similar essays. It’s not an unexpected finding ...

Before performing the study, the developers in question expected the AI tools would lead to a 24 percent reduction in the time needed for their assigned tasks. Even after completing those tasks, the ...

University of Southern Queensland provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. As Year 12 students begin term 3, they will be thinking increasingly about what to do next year. Throughout ...