Science Summaries and Reviews

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8 Article

What Can Machine Learning Do? Workforce Implications

Profound change is coming, but roles for humans remain.
Erik Brynjolfsson and Tom Mitchell
Science, 2017
8 Article

Bringing Machine Learning to the Masses

Scientists without coding skills adopt easy-to-use artificial intelligence software
Matthew Hutson
Science, 2019
8 Article

Widely Available Supplement May Explain Brain Boost from Exercise

Studies in mice show selenium increases the number of new neurons, and improves memory in old age.
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
Science, 2022
8 Article
Emily Underwood
Science, 2018
9 Article
Jennifer Couzin-Frankel et al.
Science, 2019
9 Article

How AI Can Be a Force for Good

An ethical framework will help to harness the potential of AI while keeping humans in control
Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi
Science, 2018
7 Article

The War on Gluten

Wheat sensitivity isn’t imaginary, most researchers now agree. But what’s really behind it?
Kelly Servick
Science, 2018
8 Article

Nitrogen in the Environment

Excess nitrogen causes problems in developed nations, but nitrogen-poor soils threaten food security elsewhere.
Carly J. Stevens
Science, 2019
9 Article

The Bias Detective

Psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt explores the roots of unconscious bias – and its tragic consequences for US society
Douglas Starr
Science, 2020
8 Article

Discrimination Causes Nearly Instantaneous Spikes in Stress Hormones

The study of real-time cortisol levels opens the door to understanding how daily life events influence health
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
Science, 2022
9 Article

The Calorie Counter

Evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer busts myths about how humans burn calories – and why
Ann Gibbons
Science, 2021
8 Article

The Little Reactors that Could

Billed as safe and cheap, NuScale’s small reactors aim to revive the ailing nuclear industry and help save a warming planet.
Adrian Cho
Science, 2019