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Biden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach

Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University

In the absence of comprehensive AI regulation from Congress, the executive branch is building on its previous efforts to address AI harms.

NASA’s robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday

Valerie Payré, University of Iowa

Upcoming NASA missions will help scientists understand the composition of asteroids – which could inform companies one day hoping to commercially mine asteroids.

Secure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development

Or Dagan, Long Island University Post; Carlo Schuengel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Psychologists have long focused on the importance of a secure attachment with a mother for healthy child development. A new look supports the value of attachment – but it doesn’t have to be with mom.

Texas tried to fix its teacher shortage by lowering requirements − the result was more new teachers, but at lower salaries

Sarah Guthery, University of Oklahoma; Lauren P. Bailes, University of Delaware

Researchers found that lowering restrictions for new teachers had some unintended consequences.

How Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen’s own civil war – and could put pressure on US, Saudi Arabia

Mahad Darar, Colorado State University

Missiles from rebel Yemeni groups risk widening the Middle East conflict. But the motivation behind the attacks could be more about self-interest.

Kristallnacht, 85 years ago, marks the point Hitler moved from an emotional antisemitism to a systematic antisemitism of laws and government violence

Michael Scott Bryant, Bryant University

The violence of the 1938 pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany known as Kristallnacht was a turning point in Hitler’s ‘Final Solution.’

Kids are exposed to violent war images: trauma expert sets out how you can protect them

Kristen Choi, University of California, Los Angeles

Children have constant access to media coverage of armed conflicts, terrorist attacks, mass shootings and other brutal acts. This makes it tough for them to develop a sense of hope for the future.

The wildfires that led to mass extinction: a warning from California’s Ice Age history

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

A changing climate, humans and fire were a deadly combination for the big animals that used to roam Southern California. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland’s election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy’s decline

Friendship research is getting an update – and that’s key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic

Workplace discrimination saps everyone’s motivation − even if it works in your favor