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New AI model enables native speakers and foreign learners to read undiacritized Arabic texts with greater fluency

Reading an Arabic newspaper, a book, or academic prose fluently, whether digital or in print, remains challenging for many native speakers, let alone learners of Arabic as a foreign language.This article is brought to you […]

Mindful choice or locked in? Study probes feelings about written consent

People who sign consent forms feel more trapped—not more empowered—than those who give consent verbally, according to new research by Vanessa Bohns, the Braunstein Family Professor in the ILR School, and co-author Roseanna Sommers of […]

Reuniting forcibly separated families: How a machine-learning model can help

Around the world, millions of families have suffered forcible separation, through war, trafficking, natural disasters, or socioeconomic crises. In China, family separation is a particularly large-scale and far-reaching problem. Following the enactment of the country’s […]

Where are Europe’s oldest people living? What geography tells us about a fragmenting continent

For over a century and a half, life expectancy has steadily increased in the wealthiest countries. Spectacular climbs in longevity have been noted in the 20th century, correlating with the slump in infectious illnesses and […]

Schools are increasingly telling students they must put their phones away. Ohio’s example shows mixed results

Cellphones are everywhere—including, until recently, in schools.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

‘Inoculation’ helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds

Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people’s ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues and I conducted.This article […]

Funny teachers can make classes more enjoyable—if their jokes land

Instructors cracking a joke here and there could make students feel better about the class as a whole, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology […]

A digital game improves the mathematical performance of children with dyscalculia

Dyscalculia, characterized by deficits in number sense and calculation skills, affects approximately 5%–7% of the population and often persists into adulthood. A team from the University of Barcelona and the University of Vic—Central University of […]

New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions

Journalism in the United States is in crisis: Local newspapers are shuttering at an alarming rate, large cities that were once served by multiple daily local newspapers now barely sustain one or two major outlets, […]