How AI tools like ChatGPT are changing knowledge work

Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like

Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine

Mudslides start with destabilized land, often from wildfires, and then rain drives the cascading disaster.

Are gas stoves bad for your health? Here’s why the federal government is considering new safety regulations

Jonathan Levy, Boston University

Natural gas has been marketed for decades as a clean fuel, but a growing body of research shows that gas stoves can contribute significantly to indoor air pollution, as well as climate change.

18 huge, billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

Stacy Morford, The Conversation

A monster hurricane, destructive storms and a drought that disrupted business across the economy led the list of the year’s costliest disasters.

What the FDA’s rule changes allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed by pharmacies mean in practice – 5 questions answered

Grace Shih, University of Washington

The FDA’s allowance for pharmacies to dispense mifepristone will broaden access to the two-pill mifepristone-misoprostol regimen of medication abortion, which is 95% to 98% effective.

5 types of threat – how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence

H. Colleen Sinclair, Louisiana State University

Language can provoke violence between groups especially when people paint others as threats.

DOJ probes Biden document handling – what is classified information, anyway?

Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released? A former State Department and Department of Defense staffer who had top secret clearance provides the answers.

College students who work more hours are less likely to graduate

Walter G. Ecton, Florida State University; Carolyn Heinrich, Vanderbilt University; Celeste K. Carruthers, University of Tennessee

Taking a job while in college may put graduation out of reach for some students.

Triggering cancer cells to become normal cells – how stem cell therapies can provide new ways to stop tumors from spreading or growing back

Huanhuan Joyce Chen, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Abhimanyu Thakur, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Many tumors have cancer stem cells that help them grow and evade treatments. Differentiation therapy forces these cells to mature, stopping growth with less toxicity than traditional treatments.

What happens next with industrial action

Stéphanie Matteudi-Lecocq, Université de Lille; Jim Stanford, University of Sydney; Marick Masters, Wayne State University; Nabiyla Risfa Izzati, Universitas Gadjah Mada ; Phil Tomlinson, University of Bath; Rubén Garrido-Yserte, Universidad de Alcalá

With real wages in many countries having been stagnant for years, the inflation surge has brought unions back to life.

COVID-19 turned global supply chains upside down – 3 ways the pandemic forced companies to rethink and transform how they source their products

Nada R. Sanders, Northeastern University

Companies around the world are rapidly reshoring factories, investing in new technologies and building their inventories – shifts that all mean higher costs for consumers.

First grader who shot teacher in Virginia is among the youngest school shooters in US history

Alcohol use is widely accepted in the US, but even moderate consumption is associated with many harmful effects

Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important piece of history – here’s why art historians teach them