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US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect(theconversation.com)

19 points by JKCalhoun 1 day ago | 19 comments

The Conversation article by an economist on how US wealth inequality is worsening, citing Fed data on the top 0.1%, 2025 tax cuts, tariffs, and energy costs.

The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton(theconversation.com)

72 points by speckx 19 days ago | 39 comments

The Conversation article about the growing adoption of wearable exoskeletons, illustrated with a warehouse worker using a powered back-support exoskeleton.

When oil prices spike, where does the money go?(theconversation.com)

135 points by thelastgallon 27 days ago | 126 comments

The Conversation article explaining who captures the extra revenue when oil prices spike, from producers to governments and traders.

Do birds have accents? the regional differences in birdsong(theconversation.com)

58 points by bryanrasmussen 1 month ago | 12 comments

Learning Another Language May Be One of the Best Ways to Keep Your Brain Healthy(theconversation.com)

45 points by nativeit 1 month ago | 39 comments

Queen Caroline turned King Arthur into an 18C royal PR strategy(theconversation.com)

38 points by samizdis 2 months ago | 13 comments

Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk(theconversation.com)

253 points by zeristor 2 months ago | 49 comments

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's(theconversation.com)

358 points by jader201 2 months ago | 254 comments

The Conversation article on why taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's and how mental maps and spatial reasoning may protect the brain.

When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?(theconversation.com)

141 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 3 months ago | 117 comments

Mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?(theconversation.com)

33 points by pseudolus 3 months ago | 14 comments

FCC approves test of space mirror to light night sky(theconversation.com)

101 points by reaperducer 3 months ago | 108 comments

I used sound waves to make espresso(theconversation.com)

227 points by zeristor 4 months ago | 148 comments

OpenAI has deleted the word 'safely' from its mission(theconversation.com)

501 points by DamnInteresting 8 months ago | 254 comments

The Conversation article on OpenAI removing 'safely' from its mission statement and how its new corporate structure tests whether AI serves society or shareholders.

Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way(theconversation.com)

15 points by PaulHoule 8 months ago | 13 comments

Does running wear out the bodies of professionals and amateurs alike?(theconversation.com)

35 points by PaulHoule 9 months ago | 28 comments

Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking(theconversation.com)

15 points by ccppurcell 9 months ago | 0 comments

Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology(theconversation.com)

173 points by DyslexicAtheist 9 months ago | 145 comments

Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks(theconversation.com)

20 points by pseudolus 9 months ago | 6 comments

How the 'hypnagogic state' of drowsiness could enhance your creativity(theconversation.com)

16 points by zeristor 10 months ago | 4 comments

Cassette tapes are making a comeback?(theconversation.com)

115 points by devonnull 10 months ago | 206 comments

How ICE is becoming a secret police force(theconversation.com)

32 points by KnuthIsGod 11 months ago | 0 comments

Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks, driving out residents(theconversation.com)

18 points by PaulHoule 11 months ago | 2 comments

Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes(theconversation.com)

188 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 119 comments

Endorsing easily disproven claims linked to prioritizing symbolic strength(theconversation.com)

42 points by Archelaos 1 year ago | 41 comments

In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings −and being skeptical(theconversation.com)

93 points by rntn 1 year ago | 44 comments

Flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs(theconversation.com)

206 points by speckx 1 year ago | 127 comments

Why America still needs public schools(theconversation.com)

4 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 0 comments

Tiny reactors could one day power towns, campuses; community input will be key(theconversation.com)

17 points by rntn 1 year ago | 2 comments

OpenAI’s latest research paper demonstrates that falsehoods are inevitable(theconversation.com)

43 points by ricksunny 1 year ago | 36 comments

How Palantir is mapping the nation’s data(theconversation.com)

181 points by mdhb 1 year ago | 68 comments

Electric bill may be paying for big data centers' energy use(theconversation.com)

52 points by taubek 1 year ago | 44 comments

Best practices for dealing with human waste in the great outdoors(theconversation.com)

60 points by rntn 1 year ago | 38 comments

Lightning declines over shipping lanes following regulation of sulfur emissions(theconversation.com)

208 points by lentoutcry 1 year ago | 52 comments

The circular economy could make demolition a thing of the past(theconversation.com)

13 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 10 comments

Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization(theconversation.com)

95 points by rntn 1 year ago | 51 comments

Leaders are using appeals to nostalgia, nationalism to attack higher education(theconversation.com)

31 points by rntn 1 year ago | 5 comments

Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk(theconversation.com)

12 points by rntn 1 year ago | 4 comments

Why recycling solar panels is harder than you might think(theconversation.com)

7 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 3 comments

AI is coming for agriculture, but farmers aren’t convinced(theconversation.com)

55 points by lr0 1 year ago | 68 comments

We found a germ that 'feeds' on hospital plastic – new study(theconversation.com)

7 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 2 comments

Texas' annual reading test adjusted difficulty yearly, masking improvement(theconversation.com)

34 points by cratermoon 1 year ago | 33 comments

There was a time when the US government built homes for working-class Americans(theconversation.com)

42 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 48 comments

We fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts(theconversation.com)

13 points by rntn 1 year ago | 2 comments

Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected(theconversation.com)

185 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 107 comments

Spain-Portugal blackouts: what happened(theconversation.com)

37 points by VagabundoP 1 year ago | 16 comments

RFK Jr is wrong – there's a rich history of autistic poets(theconversation.com)

15 points by teaman2000 1 year ago | 1 comments

A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers(theconversation.com)

40 points by greyadept 1 year ago | 11 comments

Peru's ancient irrigation systems turned deserts into farms because of culture(theconversation.com)

136 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 65 comments

People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI, study says otherwise(theconversation.com)

19 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 30 comments

A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland(theconversation.com)

3 points by valeg 1 year ago | 0 comments

Sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd(theconversation.com)

33 points by amichail 1 year ago | 7 comments

How to learn a new language like a baby(theconversation.com)

63 points by rwmj 1 year ago | 30 comments

Hantavirus: You need to know about the infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife(theconversation.com)

12 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 2 comments

Reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts(theconversation.com)

13 points by rntn 1 year ago | 3 comments

Medical treatments devised for war can quickly be implemented in US hospitals(theconversation.com)

23 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 5 comments

Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they're so hard to end(theconversation.com)

21 points by rntn 1 year ago | 3 comments

Recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes(theconversation.com)

129 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 18 comments

A fiscal crisis is looming for many US cities(theconversation.com)

23 points by rntn 1 year ago | 29 comments

NOAA's public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV(theconversation.com)

131 points by rntn 1 year ago | 81 comments

Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds(theconversation.com)

111 points by sohkamyung 1 year ago | 19 comments

The Less People Know About AI, the More They Like It(theconversation.com)

76 points by botanicals6 1 year ago | 44 comments

The Gilded Age novel that helps explain our fascination with Luigi Mangione(theconversation.com)

5 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 4 comments

Sweden is a nearly cashless society – how it affects people who are left out(theconversation.com)

15 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 12 comments

How Britain got its first internet connection (2015)(theconversation.com)

160 points by samizdis 1 year ago | 86 comments

Netflix will never beat outdoor cinema in Australia(theconversation.com)

13 points by billybuckwheat 1 year ago | 2 comments

Infectious diseases in Victorian novels highlight public health fragility now(theconversation.com)

8 points by rntn 1 year ago | 2 comments

People who are good at reading have different brains: study(theconversation.com)

104 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 90 comments

Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage(theconversation.com)

77 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 53 comments

Japanese scientists were pioneers of AI; they're being written out of history(theconversation.com)

46 points by YeGoblynQueenne 1 year ago | 4 comments

Tip pressure might work in the moment, but customers are less likely to return(theconversation.com)

37 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 35 comments

An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet(theconversation.com)

89 points by tagawa 1 year ago | 75 comments

How Baltic and Nordic countries are preparing for a crisis or war(theconversation.com)

35 points by CTOSian 1 year ago | 33 comments

ChatGPT's artificial empathy is a language trick(theconversation.com)

7 points by devonnull 1 year ago | 6 comments

Rats learned to drive(theconversation.com)

186 points by uprootdev 1 year ago | 81 comments

To know if big tech harms society requires research – which big tech manipulates(theconversation.com)

9 points by rntn 1 year ago | 0 comments

Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one(theconversation.com)

249 points by Michelangelo11 1 year ago | 347 comments

Why ghosts wear clothes or white sheets(theconversation.com)

106 points by samizdis 2 years ago | 89 comments

Paper mills: the 'cartel-like' companies behind fraudulent scientific journals(theconversation.com)

94 points by coloneltcb 2 years ago | 35 comments

What makes a person seem wise?(theconversation.com)

23 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 39 comments

The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due(theconversation.com)

18 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 0 comments

An unbroken night's sleep is a myth. Here's what good sleep looks like(theconversation.com)

5 points by gnabgib 2 years ago | 0 comments

My search for the mysterious missing secretary who shaped chatbot history(theconversation.com)

44 points by severine 2 years ago | 6 comments

The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here?(theconversation.com)

29 points by lr0 2 years ago | 21 comments

The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out(theconversation.com)

175 points by enopod_ 2 years ago | 113 comments

People who are colorblind are less likely to be picky eaters(theconversation.com)

48 points by zdw 2 years ago | 21 comments

'Dancing' raisins − a simple kitchen experiment(theconversation.com)

84 points by amichail 2 years ago | 20 comments

Los Angeles is in a 4-year sprint to deliver a car-free 2028 Olympics(theconversation.com)

59 points by rntn 2 years ago | 63 comments

'Model collapse'? An expert explains the rumours about an impending AI doom(theconversation.com)

33 points by ColinWright 2 years ago | 37 comments

Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme(theconversation.com)

33 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 35 comments

Robocars improve traffic even when most cars around them are driven by people(theconversation.com)

6 points by gmays 2 years ago | 3 comments

Baron who revived Olympics believed they were a religion of perfection and peace(theconversation.com)

31 points by rntn 2 years ago | 40 comments

Göttingen was one of the most productive centers of mathematics (2019)(theconversation.com)

252 points by marvinborner 2 years ago | 170 comments

A chemist explains the chemistry behind decaf coffee(theconversation.com)

244 points by BerislavLopac 2 years ago | 154 comments

SpaceX debris crashed onto Canadian farmland, highlighting a potential disaster(theconversation.com)

8 points by Stratoscope 2 years ago | 1 comments

Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis(theconversation.com)

3 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 0 comments

What makes a good tree? We used AI to ask birds(theconversation.com)

44 points by iancoleman 2 years ago | 16 comments

How divorce is boosting gender equality in Sweden – new study(theconversation.com)

6 points by rustoo 2 years ago | 2 comments

Will we die from minor scratches in the future? Q&A antibiotic resistance expert(theconversation.com)

13 points by Bluestein 2 years ago | 3 comments

Politics is still both local and personal – but only for independents(theconversation.com)

3 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 1 comments

Traffic engineers build roads relying on outdated research, faulty data(theconversation.com)

128 points by rntn 2 years ago | 151 comments

The 'Dead Internet Theory'(theconversation.com)

52 points by TamTech 2 years ago | 38 comments

Records of Pompeii's survivors have been found(theconversation.com)

157 points by Stratoscope 2 years ago | 42 comments

Giant earthworms have transformed the Isle of Rum's landscape(theconversation.com)

12 points by zeristor 2 years ago | 5 comments

An intergenerational crime against humanity(theconversation.com)

8 points by hliyan 2 years ago | 0 comments

Phone cameras can take in more light than the human eye(theconversation.com)

35 points by rntn 2 years ago | 39 comments

Depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder linked with ancient viral DNA(theconversation.com)

78 points by The-Old-Hacker 2 years ago | 46 comments

Federal dollars meant to fight climate change could end up boosting fossil fuels(theconversation.com)

6 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 0 comments

Thin, bacteria-coated fibers could lead to self-healing concrete(theconversation.com)

39 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 8 comments

'Noisy' autistic brains seem better at certain tasks(theconversation.com)

5 points by zeristor 2 years ago | 2 comments

We've been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958(theconversation.com)

25 points by cdme 2 years ago | 39 comments

Only walking for exercise?(theconversation.com)

65 points by akbarnama 2 years ago | 45 comments

New studies suggest millions with mild cognitive impairment go undiagnosed(theconversation.com)

19 points by gnabgib 2 years ago | 8 comments

AI versions of deceased loved ones could be a serious threat to mental health(theconversation.com)

4 points by gnabgib 2 years ago | 5 comments

Does intermittent fasting have benefits for our brain?(theconversation.com)

7 points by gnabgib 2 years ago | 2 comments

Birmingham council's 'equal pay' bankruptcy provided cover for Oracle disaster(theconversation.com)

67 points by zeristor 2 years ago | 37 comments

The leap year is February 29, not December 32 due to a Roman calendar quirk(theconversation.com)

34 points by samizdis 2 years ago | 37 comments

"Expertise Erosion" from Over-Reliance on AI(theconversation.com)

3 points by kmote00 2 years ago | 1 comments

When homes hit 40°C inside, it's better to draw on residents' local know-how(theconversation.com)

16 points by croes 2 years ago | 8 comments

Stable pseudonyms create a more civil environment than real names: study (2021)(theconversation.com)

153 points by cubefox 2 years ago | 58 comments

Neanderthals, modern humans may have co-existed in Europe for at least 10k years(theconversation.com)

31 points by rntn 2 years ago | 35 comments