Corporate America gambles on cryptocurrency as companies transform into bitcoin buying machines
It is one of crypto’s hottest trends: publicly traded companies buying bitcoin and then buying even more. Donald Trump’s media company just announced a plan to raise $2.5 billion to buy bitcoin, joining a growing number of so-called “bitcoin treasury...
Why most Americans misjudge which personal decisions contribute most to climate change
It turns out many Americans aren’t great at identifying which personal decisions contribute most to climate change. A study recently published by the National Academy of Sciences found that when asked to rank actions, such as swapping a car that uses gasoline...
How scientific evidence exposes the organized climate denial that distorts understanding in America
By Gary W. Yohe, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just...
Mental illness quietly shapes workplace performance and pushes employers to rethink expectations
By Julie Wolfe, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Mental health challenges can affect anyone, regardless of background or circumstance, and they are becoming more common across the United States. In 2022, a national...
Research finds that even students of color in kindergarten are at risk for reading difficulties
By Paul L. Morgan, Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity, University at Albany, State University of New York; Eric Hengyu Hu, Research scientist, University at Albany, State University of New York Black, Hispanic, and Native American students are more...
How false alarms by flawed AI surveillance are triggering student arrests around the country
Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it. The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software. Before...
Outsourced thinking: When U.S. teens rely on AI for friendship and 24/7 advice for life
No question is too small when Kayla Chege, a high school student in Kansas, is using artificial intelligence. The 15-year-old asks ChatGPT for guidance on back-to-school shopping, makeup colors, low-calorie choices at Smoothie King, plus ideas for her Sweet 16 and her...
How “AI veganism” has emerged as a values-driven refusal to adopt generative technologies
By David Joyner, Associate Dean and Senior Research Associate, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology New technologies usually follow the technology adoption life cycle. Innovators and early adopters rush to embrace new technologies, while laggards and...
Air quality warnings are rising across the U.S. as global pollution reaches dangerous levels
Everyone loves a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh. While air quality varies dramatically from place to place and day to day, nearly the entire world — about 99% of the global population — is exposed to air at some point that...
Tokenization brings Wall Street disruption and legal uncertainty as crypto surges under Trump
As cryptocurrencies become more intertwined with the traditional financial system, industry heavyweights are racing for a long-sought goal of turning real-world assets into digital tokens. “Tokenization is going to open the door to a massive trading...
How criminals are exploiting AI tools to perpetrate innovative financial fraud against Americans
By Rahul Telang, Professor of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University Scams are nothing new. Fraud has existed as long as human greed. What has changed are the tools. Scammers thrive on exploiting vulnerable, uninformed users, and they adapt to whatever...
Congress considers defunding ICE and impeachment of Kristi Noem after brutal killing of Renee Good
The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response as Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation operations spark protests...
