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Month: August 2025

Math

Beyond words: Study maps the cognitive force of metaphor

August 6, 2025 Phys Org

Metaphors are a fundamental aspect of human language and cognition, allowing us to understand complex concepts and relationships by mapping them onto more familiar and concrete domains. However, the nature of metaphors and how they […]

Education

Why do children take things so literally?

August 6, 2025 Phys Org

“I love you so much I could eat you up,” a mother might say to her child.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

The super sleuths trying to stop shoddy science

August 6, 2025 Phys Org

On 2 January 2024, Sholto David dropped a blog post on the website For Better Science that would send ripples through a major American research institute.This article was originally published on this website.

Computers

Anthropic says they’ve found a new way to stop AI from turning evil

August 6, 2025 Tech Xplore

AI is a relatively new tool, and despite its rapid deployment in nearly every aspect of our lives, researchers are still trying to figure out how its “personality traits” arise and how to control them. […]

Internet

New study sheds light on ChatGPT’s alarming interactions with teens

August 6, 2025 Tech Xplore

ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from […]

Education

How language classes for immigrant students can perpetuate inequity

August 6, 2025 Phys Org

Different countries and regions use various models for integrating immigrant students who need to learn or improve the language of schooling.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

New study on hope among US youth reveals key to safer schools this fall

August 6, 2025 Phys Org

Given the current youth mental health crisis in the United States, many adolescents report experiencing low levels of hope—a longstanding concern that is even more pressing as the new school year begins. Substantial research over […]

Technology

Thin biofilm can transform CO₂ into renewable energy

August 6, 2025 Tech Xplore

NIBIO has contributed to developing a method for turning greenhouse gases like CO2 or CO into biomethane—a renewable energy source. Using thin layers of microorganisms, so-called biofilms, greenhouse gases can be transformed into clean-burning fuel.This […]

Internet

Meta says working to thwart WhatsApp scammers

August 5, 2025 Tech Xplore

Meta on Tuesday said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes.This article was originally published on this […]

Math

Scientists find ‘speed limit’ for innovation networks to prevent system collapse

August 5, 2025 Phys Org

Research shows that while connections between innovations speed discovery, they also sharply increase the risk of total system collapse—with the sweet spot for sustainable innovation proving surprisingly narrow.This article was originally published on this website.

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