A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...

Emerging research suggests that the more you use AI, the more it may negatively affect your critical thinking skills. But it depends on the tasks you use it for and how you use it. Share on Pinterest ...

Last month, OpenAI published a usage study showing that nearly 15 percent of work-related conversations on ChatGPT had to deal with “making decisions and solving problems.” Now comes word that at ...

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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a freelance health and science journalist based in New York. There’s nothing like shutting the bathroom door, maybe even locking it and hiding away from one’s family, even ...

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park South Florida Water Management District via AP; AP Photo/Lynne Sladky ...

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

Andrew Kessel was a breaking news writer for Investopedia until October 2025. He previously covered markets for Proactive Investors, with a focus on small-cap stocks in fintech, healthcare, mining, ...

The Python Software Foundation warned users this week that threat actors are trying to steal their credentials in phishing attacks using a fake Python Package Index (PyPI) website. PyPI is a ...