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The representation of climate change on-screen is scant, but growing
WLRN Miami· 3 days agoResearchers says the movies of the last decade are a missed opportunity, as very few of them address the urgency of climate change. They surveyed 250 of the most popular movies between 2013 and 2022.
A fungus is turning cicadas into horny zombies — but don’t panic
NPR· 30 minutes agoThe Field Museum scientists say those natural amphetamines may affect not only the cicadas but the bigger animals that prey on them, like birds. But the amount is so...Massospora ...
A covert Israeli online influence campaign tried to sway American lawmakers
NPR· 2 hours agoHe accused FakeReporter of “slander against IDF soldiers and the State of Israel.” STOIC did not respond to interview requests from NPR. The publicly available source code ...
AI Researchers Analyze Similarities of Scarlett Johanssson's Voice to OpenAI's 'Sky' - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAI models can evaluate how similar voices are to each other. So NPR asked forensic voice experts at Arizona State University to compare the voice and speech patterns of OpenAI's ...
Here’s What’s in Padma Lakshmi’s Self-Care Survival Kit
Self via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoI listen to one called Hidden Brain and it’s about neuropsychology. The host [NPR’s Shankar...
The upside-down American flag goes mainstream as a form of right-wing protest
WUSF 89.7· 4 days agoAfter former President Donald Trump’s historic felony conviction, many of his supporters protested...
Horse sports are a leading cause of traumatic brain injuries. Can they be made safer?
GBH News· 5 hours agoThe risks of traumatic brain injuries in American football are well known, but some researchers have...
Girls in the U.S. are getting their period earlier. Here's what parents should know
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 4 days agoGirls in the U.S. are getting their first period earlier on average than they did in the 1950s and '60s. Here to tell us more about what it all means is NPR health correspondent ...
How Gen Z voters who barely remember politics before Trump could impact the 2024 election
Fast Company Magazine· 8 hours agoWhat were you doing the morning after the 2016 election? Americans who were eligible to vote for the...
FDA Advisers Overwhelmingly Oppose Approval of MDMA As a Psychotherapeutic Catalyst
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoICER added that it was "not able to assess the frequency of misreporting of benefits and/or harms...