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The Delphi-2M model seeks to predict a person’s next health event, and when it will happen in the next 20 years. Nan_Got/ Shutterstock

An AI tool is trying to predict your risk of getting many diseases years in advance – here’s how it works

Natalia Levina, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; New York University; Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, and João Sedoc, New York University

Delphi-2M is the first open source, large-scale model for predicting a patient’s disease risk and when it may occur.
The program helps Americans over 55 find job training and short-term employment. Marc Romanelli/Tetra images via Getty Images

A federal program helps older people get jobs, but the Trump administration wants to get rid of it

Cal J. Halvorsen, Washington University in St. Louis; Ernest Gonzales, New York University, and Nancy Morrow-Howell, Washington University in St. Louis

The Senior Community Service Employment Program helps older Americans balance their checkbooks, enjoy better health and engage more with their own communities.
The battle over adult content is provoking concern about censorship and threatening game makers’ livelihoods. (Pexels/John Petalcurin)

Censoring video games with sexual content suppresses the diversity of human desire

Jean Ketterling, University of Saskatchewan; Ashley ML Guajardo, New York University; Carl Therrien, Université de Montréal, and Kenzie Gordon, University of Alberta

Targeting adult NSFW video games could have knock-on effects on queer creators and sexual education content.
La distribution d’eau dans le quartier de Galabadja (8e arrondissement de Bangui, capitale de la République centrafricaine), se fait en charrette de jerricans (mars 2025). Annela Niamolo/AFP

République centrafricaine : les énergies renouvelables peuvent-elles contribuer à la stabilité ?

Romain Esmenjaud, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) and Sophie Rutenbar, New York University

En République centrafricaine, l’un des pays les moins électrifiés du monde, une transition vers les énergies renouvelables aurait de multiples effets bénéfiques, y compris en termes sécuritaires.
Croire au mérite permet de maintenir un sentiment de contrôle sur ce qui arrive. Shutterstock

Succès, échecs : pourquoi le rôle du mérite est-il surévalué ?

Céline Darnon, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA); Andrei Cimpian, New York University, and Ian Hadden, University of Sussex

On tend à survaloriser la part du mérite dans les situations de réussite et d’échec. S’il en résulte un certain confort psychologique, cette vision réductrice peut s’avérer contre-productive.
In 2021, about 48% of LGBQ females considered suicide, compared with roughly 20% of heterosexual females, data shows. bymuratdeniz/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Teen girls are facing an increased risk of suicide − and stress related to sexual identity might be contributing to it

Joseph Cimpian, New York University and Mollie McQuillan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

While more young people openly identify as LGBQ, many still face substantial challenges that can contribute to a greater prevalence of mental health concerns.
Companies from more affluent regions have more computational power to access and work with data than other stakeholders in the data ecology. Imbalances such as this take on particular significance when data is repurposed. Caureem / Shutterstock

Beyond checking a box: how a social licence can help communities benefit from data reuse and AI

Stefaan G. Verhulst, New York University

Individualised notions of consent for data use do little to help societies seeking to address collective health crises and other community needs.
Les représentations racistes de l'Afrique comme continent noir abondent dans l'histoire. Ici, des cinéastes américains posent avec des Africains en 1925. Osa & Martin Johnson Safari Mus./Getty Images

Couverture médiatique de l’Afrique : pourquoi les médias africains ne doivent pas copier ceux de l’Occident

j Siguru Wahutu, New York University and David Cheruiyot, University of Groningen

Les médias africains ont conservé un grand nombre des normes préjudiciables qui régissent la manière dont les médias occidentaux rendent compte de la situation sur le continent.
Racist depictions of Africa as a dark continent abound in history. Here US filmmakers pose with Africans in 1925. Osa & Martin Johnson Safari Mus./Getty Images

Western media outlets are trying to fix their racist, stereotypical coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?

j Siguru Wahutu, New York University and David Cheruiyot, University of Groningen

African news media have continued many of the damaging norms of how western media report on the continent. It’s time for a rethink.
If elected – and her father’s account of the family’s history is correct – Kamala Harris would become the 24th U.S. president of Irish heritage. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Kamala Harris’ purported Irish ancestry highlights complicated backstory of identity and enslavement

Christine Kinealy, Quinnipiac University; Kimberly DaCosta, New York University, and Miriam Nyhan Grey, Mary Immaculate College

Presidential candidate’s potential ties to an Irish slave owner complicate narratives around colonial legacies and the proper place of Black Irish identity in history.
Summer learning programs help students catch up, but they aren’t always accessible. kate_sept2004 via Getty Images

Schools can close summer learning gaps with these 4 strategies

Rhea Almeida, New York University

By targeting specific students, removing barriers and involving families and communities, school districts can make summer learning more accessible to students who need it.

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