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Do Traffic Signals Need a Fourth Light for Self-driving Cars?

Another light could improve traffic flow with the influx of self-driving vehicles hitting the market.

  • By Matt Shipman, Futurity
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Large Numbers of Americans Want a Strong, Rough, Anti-democratic Leader

A new national survey sheds light on why.

  • By Tarah Williams, Andrew Bloeser and Brian Howard, The Conversation
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Biden’s Plan for Ending the Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 Signals a Pivotal Point in the Pandemic—4 Questions Answered

What will the U.S. government's next steps be for COVID-19?

  • By Amy Lauren Fairchild and Marian Moser Jones, The Conversation
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Limits to Computing: A Computer Scientist Explains Why Even in the Age of AI, Some Problems Are Just Too Difficult

COMMENTARY | Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits.

  • By Jie Wang
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ChatGPT is Great – You’re Just Using it Wrong

COMMENTARY | ChatGPT is better used for playacting than playing at finding facts.

  • By Jonathan May
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There are Just 7 Long COVID-19 Symptoms

Research indicates COVID-19's long symptoms are not as varied as previously thought.

  • By Eric Stann, Futurity
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Measuring for management

Steve Kelman is impressed with how today's senior federal civilian and military managers approach performance data.

  • By Steve Kelman
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Closing the Digital Divide in Government: 5 Strategies for Digital Transformation

Citizens are demanding a more connected government.

  • By Viral Chawda and Andy Gottschalk
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That Time the Federal Government Was Ruled By Czars

How a term for Russian oligarchs came to be applied to American government officials.

  • By Tom Shoop
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Why Zoom Happy Hours Fall Flat

Booze and in-person gatherings just go together. Virtually, not so much.

  • By University of Pittsburgh, Futurity
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Vaccination to Prevent Dementia? New Research Suggests Viral Infections can Accelerate Neurodegeneration

Avoiding viruses over decades may help humans avoid Alzheimer's disease.

  • By Andrew Bubak, Diego Restrepo and Maria Nagel, The Conversation
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2022’s Billion-dollar Disasters: Climate Change Helped Make it US’s 3rd Most Expensive Year on Record

Climate change seems to be making natural disasters more expensive.

  • By Stacy Morford, The Conversation
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White House Blueprint is the Starting Point for Building Responsible AI

COMMENTARY | The report brings new urgency to ongoing agency efforts.

  • By Steve Mills and Sean Singer
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Parents in the US had Alarmingly High Rates of Anxiety, Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic—And That has a Direct Effect on Kids

Parents and children suffered untold mental health issues through COVID-19.

  • By Lucy (Kathleen) McGoron, The Conversation
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Combating Antisemitism Today: Holocaust Education in the Era of Twitter and TikTok

Social media has the power to amplify accurate, or inaccurate, information.

  • By Alan Marcus, The Conversation
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Implant That Turns Thought Into Action Appears Safe in Trial

The implants could allow humans to control robotic arms, legs and and assortment of other future devices with the power of thought alone.

  • By Juan Siliezar-Brown, Futurity
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Team Grabs Radio Signal from Most Distant Galaxy Yet

It's the equivalent of a look back nearly 9 billion years.

  • By SHIRLEY CARDENAS-MCG, Futurity
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Making risk work for you

Why cybersecurity risk management requires more than just threat mitigation.

  • By Suzanne Spaulding
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2023: The Year of Modern Government

COMMENTARY | Governments will need to embrace a people-first approach in their modernization journeys.

  • By Lorna Stark
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Beyond Section 230: A Pair of Social Media Experts Describes how to Bring Transparency and Accountability to the Industry

Section 230 is again in lawmakers' crosshairs.

  • By Robert Kozinets and Jon Pfeiffer, The Conversation
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