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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.
Brazil is in the grip of a dengue fever outbreak with no end in sight
Semafor via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoVaccines aren’t... and Scientific Affairs at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative told NPR....
A fungus is turning cicadas into horny zombies — but don’t panic
KPBS San Diego· 5 hours agoKasson told NPR last month that the fungus is unique because it does “active-host transmission,”...
A covert Israeli online influence campaign tried to sway American lawmakers
NPR· 3 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 ...
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...
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 ...
Horse sports are a leading cause of traumatic brain injuries. Can they be made safer?
GBH News· 6 hours agoThe risks of traumatic brain injuries in American football are well known, but some researchers have...
Here’s What’s in Padma Lakshmi’s Self-Care Survival Kit
Self via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoI listen to one called Hidden Brain and it’s about neuropsychology. The host [NPR’s Shankar...
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...