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Kazuo Ishiguro said he won the Nobel Prize for making people cry – 20 years later, Never Let Me Go should make us angry
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go was published 20 years ago. Since then, the Japanese-born English writer has been awarded the Nobel Prize in 2017 and knighted for services to literature in 2018.
Physically restricting mental health patients can often harm them – my new study suggests compassion could change that
Despite decades of concern, restrictive practices remain common. A compassion-based approach could help change that.
How Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok could be helping bring about an era of techno-fascism
Grok’s update went awry and Elon Musk’s chatbot generated anti-Semitic comments. Is Grok an AI tool of techno-fascism?
Surprise results in search for South African lizard species that have been missing for decades
Researchers in South Africa have rediscovered a lost lizard, uncovered new localities of species and found that some are in ...
How germy is the public pool? An infectious disease expert weighs in on poop, pee and perspiration – and the deceptive smell of chlorine
Most pool-related illnesses won’t kill you, but no one wants to spend their vacation or a week of beautiful summer days in ...
Binary star systems are complex astronomical objects − a new AI approach could pin down their properties quickly
It takes a supercomputer weeks to output the properties of one stellar binary. A new study shows AI can do it in a fraction ...
I teach college and report on Colorado media — there should be more professors doing the same in other states
News about the news used to be commonplace, but as news organizations have vanished, so has this type of reporting.
Five reasons why driverless cars probably won’t take over your street any time soon
New risk factors such as cybersecurity further complicate the insurance landscape. Driverless cars are designed to ...
Understanding the violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad
A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...
AI chatbots can boost public health in Africa – why language inclusion matters
Language technologies are being adapted for health across Africa. But most of these tools never make it beyond the lab or ...
Ozzy Osbourne’s spirit of defiance changed music forever
Despite a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and several health setbacks over the years, the news of his death was a shock ...
What Canada can learn from Australia on adequately protecting citizens at live events
Findings by a British Columbia inquiry into the vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu festival in April show Canadian authorities ...