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What economists get right (and wrong) when they write

In economics, ideas rarely fail because they are wrong. More often, they fail because they are badly introduced, poorly structured, or concluded without conviction. Anyone who has sat through a policy ...

Why ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Was Oscar-Nominated for Costumes That Don’t Technically Exist

The garments may be virtual, but the work was very real, says costume designer Deborah Scott, who breaks down the futuristic ...
Harvard Medical School

Medical AI Models Need More Context To Prepare for the Clinic

A better model would take these factors into account to offer a more realistic recommendation, perhaps by providing an option ...
STAT

From Croatia to MAHA: How an unapproved drug became the next hot peptide

BPC-157 hasn't been approved by the FDA. But that hasn't stopped this buzzy drug from gaining traction – and attention from MAHA.

When rights exist on paper but not in practice: how bureaucracy blocks access to welfare across Europe

Across Europe, exercising rights depends on one’s ability to navigate rigid bureaucracy and a litany of complex processes ...
The Lancet

CARDBiomedBench: a benchmark for evaluating the performance of large language models in biomedical research

Although large language models (LLMs) have the potential to transform biomedical research, their ability to reason accurately across complex, data-rich domains remains unproven. To address this ...
Indiatimes

Teachers design custom sample papers to boost board exam performance

Ranchi schools are intensifying exam preparation by prioritizing mock tests, doubt clearing, and answer writing. Teachers are utilizing CBSE sample papers alongside custom-designed question sets ...
Recycling Today

Southeast Asia has recovered paper examples to consider

Paper recycling consultant Bill Moore says several countries have enacted policies that can boost recovered paper collection rates in nations with developing economies. Industry consultant Bill Moore ...
Rolling Stone

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don’t Exist — And They’re Being Cited in Real Journals

As the fall semester came to a close, Andrew Heiss, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, ...
Inside Higher Ed

Sick of Doomscrolling? Join This New Research Paper Collective Instead

Anuja Uppuluri used to spend a lot of time scrolling social media apps dictated by algorithms designed to keep users glued to their screens no matter how mind-numbing the content. “I always had ...
Futurism

AI “Research” Papers Are Complete Slop, Experts Say

There’s sloppy science, and there’s AI slop science. In an ironic twist of fate, beleaguered AI researchers are warning that the field is being choked by a deluge of shoddy academic papers written ...
PNAS

The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research

Surveys are a primary source of data across the sciences, from medicine to economics. I demonstrate that the assumption that logically coherent responses are from humans is now untenable. I show that ...