Offbeat: You can’t tell whether an online restaurant review is fake — but this...

Sites like TripAdvisor, Yelp and Amazon display user reviews of products and services. Consumers take heed: nine out of ten people read these...

Offbeat: How the brain decides what to learn —

In order to learn about the world, an animal needs to do more than just pay attention to its surroundings. It also needs...

Offbeat: Asking questions, testing improves student learning of new material —

Jason Chan makes a point to periodically interrupt his lecture and ask students a question about the material they've covered. The associate professor...

Offbeat: DNA tests of illegal ivory link multiple ivory shipments to same dealers —

The international trade in elephant ivory has been illegal since 1989, yet African elephant numbers continue to decline. In 2016, the International Union...

Offbeat: Millions in danger of food insecurity due to severe Caribbean droughts —

Climate change is impacting the Caribbean, with millions facing increasing food insecurity and decreasing freshwater availability as droughts become more likely across the...

Offbeat: Who should Fido fear? Depends on relationship —

As states around the country move to stiffen punishments for animal cruelty, Michigan State University researchers have found a correlation between the types...

Offbeat: Computational model links family members using genealogical and law-enforcement databases —

The notion of using genetic ancestry databases to solve crimes recently crossed from hypothetical into credible when police used an online genealogical database...

Offbeat: Long-term health effects of armed conflict could last years after bombs stop falling...

Living in a warzone is linked with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke among civilians, even years after the conflict ends,...

Offbeat: Initially threatened by change, people adapt to societal diversity over time —

President Donald Trump recently introduced immigration reforms that would prioritize education and employment qualifications over family connections in selecting immigrants and nominated immigration...

Offbeat: First empirical evidence that culturally diverse teams produces better results —

Researchers at the University of Sydney have produced hard data that demonstrates collaborating with Indigenous peoples changed the outcome of a scientific research...

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