Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals – and undermining trust in science
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Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly – 50 years later, scientists know the cause but outbreaks continue
Legionnaires wait to testify before a special congressional inquiry in November 1976 into the cause...
Toy Story 5’s ‘Lilypad’ is an indictment of the world that birthed the ‘iPad Kid’
Some parents call tablets the ‘square au pair.’ Danielle Villasana/The Washington Post via Getty Images...
Juneteenth’s real meaning is written on the plates of smoked meats, potato salad and watermelon
A Juneteenth celebration at Franklin Park in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood in 2014. Zack Wittman/The Boston...
First new US sunscreen ingredient since 1999 approved by FDA – a skin scientist explains how bemotrizinol works
Chemical sunscreens have come a long way since they were first developed in 1891. mihailomilovanovic/iStock...
Bonfires, Maypoles and a saint’s day: How Europe celebrates the longest day of the year
People wear traditional clothes as they celebrate St. John’s Day and the summer solstice in...
Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how much, and it’s not a small number
A record-tying heat wave helped spread a wildfire in Northern California’s Shasta and Trinity counties...
Rural areas lag behind in cancer treatment and prevention – even as rich, urban areas increasingly leave dying from cancer in the rearview
Cancer treatment and prevention strategies are lagging in the rural U.S. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty...
Soaring US beef prices likely to rise further thanks to trade tensions and disease outbreaks
The U.S.-Mexico beef market has taken a massive hit from the screwworm parasite, which has...
Why fatherhood matters more than ever before
In much of the industrialized world, daily life is increasingly organized around the nuclear family....
