Actors are striking for more pay – and to ward off AI

Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here’s the evidence for both sides of the debate

Donald M. Lamkin, University of California, Los Angeles

Some researchers assert that the body responds to exercise by burning fewer calories when you’re not working out. Regardless of its effects on weight loss, exercise provides many health benefits.

Using green banks to solve America’s affordable housing crisis – and climate change at the same time

Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Tufts University; Bethany Tietjen, Tufts University; Seth Owusu-Mante, Tufts University

Massachusetts is establishing the first US green bank dedicated to sustainable affordable housing. Three experts in climate finance explain why better housing can help rein in global warming.

175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women’s suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality

Julie L. Holcomb, Baylor University

Most of the convention’s core organizers were Quakers. The religious movement’s beliefs about men and women’s equality before God has shaped members’ activism for centuries.

Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data

Joseph K. Nwankpa, Miami University

Capturing biometric data helps UN agencies and other groups avoid the risk of fraud and increase efficiency. But the practice is complicated and has created security risks for vulnerable groups.

China needs immigrants

Dudley L. Poston Jr., Texas A&M University

Chinese politicians have looked toward policies to encourage couples to have more children to offset population decline. It hasn’t worked.

‘Zombie fires’ in the Arctic: Canada’s extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future

Patrick Louchouarn, The Ohio State University

Large stretches of the Arctic are carbon-rich peat bogs. As the region warms and dries, lightning strikes can spark underground fires that can burn for years.

FTC probe of OpenAI: Consumer protection is the opening salvo of US AI regulation

Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University

The Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of ChatGPT maker OpenAI shows that the US government is beginning to get serious about regulating AI.

Returning to the Moon can benefit commercial, military and political sectors – a space policy expert explains

Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology

While a return to the Moon will allow the U.S. to collaborate with other nations interested in space, this endeavor is also complicated by geopolitical tensions.

A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns – new research

Brad Bushman, The Ohio State University; Sophie Kjaervik, The Ohio State University

Kids were more likely to tell an adult and less likely to touch or hold a handgun that they discovered if they’d recently watched a short video about gun safety.

Empty office spaces can be converted to residential buildings – but it won’t be affordable

Children, like adults, tend to underestimate how welcome their random acts of kindness will be

Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management – rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fiber packaging instead