Aug 12, 2025

Interesting to Our Brew editors and readers

  Jun 04, 2025

Augustinians were charged with the evangelisation of the Philippines. Now you know who to thank or blame

  Apr 02, 2025

After reading the first half of the AI-generated story, participants were asked to rate the quality of the work along various dimensions, such as whether they found it predictable, emotionally engaging, evocative and so on.

  Mar 25, 2025

AI is that young newbie in the office desperately trying to look good to you — and frequently will lie to do so.

  Feb 22, 2025

Probably became the talk of his village

  Feb 19, 2025

On iTanong, the plan is to add other local languages like Cebuano, Ilocano, and Hiligaynon by 2026,

  Feb 18, 2025

How do you stop over-the-phone fraudsters? You don't — you waste their time

  Nov 14, 2024

An AI chatbot, nicknamed the “DebunkBot,” successfully nudged people away from believing in conspiracy theories. Individuals’ confidence in a conspiracy was reduced by about 20 percent on average

  Oct 15, 2024

When AI hallucinates

  Oct 08, 2024

Sana all. Just under 95% of newly registered cars in Norway were all-electric

  Oct 02, 2024

Teachers do not have enough time each day to do all of the work that they need to. They told us that their teaching was more effective with AI.

  Jul 18, 2024

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who were standing at the stage before the shooting commenced

  Jul 16, 2024

If you spend much time on the streets of Marikina, you’ll notice something that’s not very common in other parts of the Indo-Pacific — people riding bicycles. The city has built more than 50km of bikeways.

  Jul 02, 2024

When AI gets confused: Here, gymnastics is just a flurry of limbs and rotating body parts that inexplicably disappear.

  Jul 01, 2024

When you think about the word “art,” what comes to mind? A child’s artwork pinned to the fridge? A favorite artist whose work always inspires? Abstract art that is hard to understand?

  Jun 19, 2024

The popularity of the term speaks to its resonance. But why do so many dads embrace this form of corny joke telling?

  Apr 29, 2024

García Márquez’s writing style changed as well, according to neuropsychologist Katya Rascovsky at the University of Pennsylvania, His new novel is simpler: shorter sentences, less complex words, and more word repetitions.

  Apr 02, 2024

Telling yourself "kaya mo ito, kaya mo ito" actually works.

  Mar 22, 2024

"Frank Oppenheimer continued to get upset (and a little drunk) every August 6, the day Hiroshima was bombed. He’d rub his forehead hard, as if he was trying to rub something out."

  Mar 09, 2024

Rather than abandon this material, we need to find a better, kinder version — polymers with the tensile strength and flexibility of modern plastics that are derived from sustainable biological sources and can be effectively returned to the environment.

  Feb 28, 2024

Deepfakes already have affected other elections around the globe. With elections this year in over 50 countries involving half the globe’s population, there are fears deepfakes could seriously undermine their integrity.

  Feb 27, 2024

"We're in an age where seeing is no longer believing"

  Feb 14, 2024

Super Bowl ads this year, which sold out by early November 2023, are dominated by food and beverage brands.

  Feb 12, 2024

In the best deepfakes, the lies are shrouded by sophisticated technology that's extremely hard to detect.

  Jan 08, 2024

In January 1974, The New York Times reported that the Catholic Church was receiving “a wave of inquiries from persons who believe that they, or their acquaintances, are possessed by demons.”

  Jan 02, 2024

After the powerful Pinatubo eruption, global temperatures dipped. Eruptions create a hazy layer of microscopic particles in the upper atmosphere that last for several years, dimming the Sun temporarily. We could copy this effect to fight climate change.

  Dec 30, 2023

AI gone awry. There was a simulation where an AI-enabled drone, tasked with taking down missile sites, killed its operator, and cut the communications system.

  Dec 19, 2023

Time to shake these caveman myths. Not true that men hunted while women stayed at home.

  Dec 08, 2023

Pantone named its color of the year, declaring our need for compassion and human connection in the year ahead. According to the influential color consultancy, only one shade can deliver on that front.

  Nov 28, 2023

One way to understand why the drug policy gained such popularity is by considering how people make sense of harm differently.

  Nov 16, 2023

How do we tell a story? How do we tell the world about an event everyone has heard of or read about but has not seen firsthand? For Filipino Cheryl Diaz Meyer, a Pulitzer Prize Winner photojournalist, all it takes is one click to capture a story.

  Nov 09, 2023

Loyal, friendly, intelligent, and they don't need food or sleep

  Nov 02, 2023

Where's the evidence?

  Oct 19, 2023

The University of Texas at Austin places Swift alongside literary giants like Shakespeare and Keats, while Arizona State University delves into the psychology behind Taylor Swift’s impact.

  Oct 18, 2023

Imagine a future where your meal is crafted with precision according to your preferences. That’s exactly what’s happening with the rise of 3D-printed food.

  Oct 10, 2023

The Clout of the Beloved Celebrity: Taylor Swift urged her staggering 272 million followers to register to vote. This call to action saw a significant spike, with a 1,226% surge in participation within the hour after her post.

  Oct 06, 2023

Victoria’s Secret faced growing scrutiny for its failure to evolve beyond showcasing almost exclusively thin white supermodels. Some argued that the then-renowned lingerie retailer clung to outdated and unrealistic beauty standards.

  Oct 03, 2023

I probably read “The Great Gatsby” a dozen times between junior high school and my late 20s. But I had never even heard of Ursula Parrott or her 1929 bestseller until I stumbled across a screenplay adaption of one of Parrott’s short stories.

  Oct 02, 2023

The power of celebrities: One short Instagram message raises voter registration dramatically

  Sep 26, 2023

Humor is often a coping mechanism during difficult or sensitive situations. It is a means to alleviate tension, express dissent, and promote unity among different groups.

  Sep 21, 2023

In a rapidly evolving educational landscape, the integration of AI into classrooms is inevitable.

  Sep 19, 2023

Real-World examples demonstrate how Universal Basic Income can drive economic growth and transform lives

  Sep 12, 2023

China has been a great power, regionally at least, for thousands of years and was a manufacturing behemoth even in the 1750s.

  Sep 06, 2023

"Our newly published research finds that even social media is a canvas for rigid gender stereotyping."

  Aug 30, 2023

"AZT, the first drug to successfully treat HIV/AIDS, was labeled 'the most expensive drug in history' in the late 1980s. Its $8,000-a-year cost was derided as 'inhuman'."

  Aug 24, 2023

"Italian monuments represent our history and our identity. Using them to indulge the antics of two billionaires is indecorous and disrespectful of our heritage. Nor can the promise of a donation change this assessment in any way."

  Aug 22, 2023

Despite the indictments, it seems Trump’s popularity and electability have not experienced significant shifts in polls. Instead, the support for the former president is increasing.

  Aug 19, 2023

“It’s likely that machines will be smarter than us before the end of the century — not just at chess or trivia questions but at just about everything, from mathematics and engineering to science and medicine.”

  Aug 14, 2023

Let’s say the Philippines spots a extremely dangerous cyclone and decides to disrupt it. Suddenly, another storm reappears, heading straight for China, a country who may blame you for weather manipulation.

  Aug 11, 2023

From a bloody drug war to decriminalization and anything in between — nothing seems to works.

  Aug 09, 2023

AI Jesus answers questions like, "can you speak Korean?", "can you give me the lyrics to Katy Perry's song?", and "why do people say you're white?"

  Aug 03, 2023

In bed, with no other visual or sound cues to occupy the mind, many people start to have racing thoughts that keep them awake. This can happen at the start of the night, or when they awake in the night.

  Jul 10, 2023

Fiber is the miracle drug

  Jul 04, 2023

Social media users are on the other side, and they’ve come up with coded terminology designed to evade algorithmic detection. These expressions are collectively referred to as “algospeak.”

  Jun 27, 2023

TNT have been quite successful in their methods. They claim to have successfully removed 600 key accounts that were causing the most damage and spreading the most destructive lies.

  Jun 26, 2023

There is no obvious path between today’s machine learning models and an AI that can form a hostile intent or circumvent our every effort to contain it.

  Jun 21, 2023

Many of product promises like these are based on chemicals that can also be hazardous to your health, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can interfere with fertility and reproduction, fetal growth and infant development.

  Jun 19, 2023

“The non-human intelligence phenomenon is real. We are not alone. Retrievals of this kind are not limited to the United States. This is a global phenomenon, and yet a global solution continues to elude us.”

  Jun 14, 2023

ExxonMobil dissolved their climate research group. They either fired the scientists or had them move on to other things.

  Jun 10, 2023

Homosexuality continues to be outlawed and penalised, sometimes with death.

  May 22, 2023

Are humans essentially kind, sensible, good-natured creatures? Or are we, deep down, wired to be bad, discriminatory, vain, vengeful and selfish? Research says...

  Apr 25, 2023

Several countries — including Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, and most recently Spain — have laws that entitle people to menstrual leave, as do some provinces in China. Some companies in the U.K., India, and Australia have also implemented menstrual leave policies.

  Apr 18, 2023

An interesting approach to how to fight fake news: the target does the fact-checking

  Apr 17, 2023

The noises emitted by plants are extremely high-pitched and inaudible to humans; explaining why we can’t hear a thirsty plant asking for water.

  Apr 13, 2023

Because music streaming consumes an extreme amount of electricity, musicians make the earth the co-author or co-songwriter of their songs.

  Apr 11, 2023

When ChatGPT makes mistakes, it's really attempting to paper over the gaps in what it knows.

  Apr 09, 2023

Something you shouldn't let sick millionaires wanting to stay alive longer read.

  Apr 08, 2023

Imagine if artists didn't have to worry about how to put food on the table. Let that sink in.

  Apr 05, 2023

Diego Silang urged his followers to observe Lent. Silang was evidently trying to curry God’s favour through these collective sacrifices and devotions, hoping to secure a heavenly intervention that would protect his army and deliver them victory against the Spaniards.

  Apr 02, 2023

A flag has fluttered outside our house for three decades, continuously, save during storms.

  Mar 29, 2023

The paper, titled “Climate Homicide,” is due to be published in Harvard Environmental Law Review. It says that big oil companies “have not simply been lying to the public, they have been killing members of the public at an accelerating rate.

  Mar 18, 2023

A serious warning: Voice deep fake will fool you. You will believe it is your spouse or offspring or boss.

  Mar 14, 2023

A student of Sheila Coronel in Columbia Journalism School asked ChatGPT to "write an obituary for journalism." We asked ChatGPT if she had solutions

  Feb 23, 2023

A war picture from the eyes of the other side might just win the Academy for Best Picture.

  Feb 22, 2023

“This leaf is something sacred." - Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia

  Feb 21, 2023

“Jobs will move towards integration between AI and humans, where humans are not only valued on their knowledge, but also on their competences in using and ‘guiding’ AI."

  Feb 14, 2023

Make no mistake, all the cynicism and suspension of disbelief in the world will not prepare you for how stunningly large-scale every single scene is. The violence is gory, the cinematography is intricately choreographed.

  Feb 13, 2023

Easy on the ear, perhaps. But the label of "easy listening" often attached to the songs of Burt Bacharach belies the mastery of his talent in crafting perfect moments in music.

  Feb 09, 2023

Assume that some of the wildest predictions about ChatGPT are true and it will automate entire job categories...

  Feb 08, 2023

If you survive, what are the lasting effects of being exposed to hundreds of millions of volts?

  Feb 02, 2023

Intense emotional experiences within the game can lead to genuine trauma. Game designers do not pay nearly enough attention to psychological safety, particularly regarding the bonds that develop between players and the characters they identify with.

  Feb 01, 2023

People who think they can master chaos don’t have enough children, or dogs, or interests

  Jan 27, 2023

Increasingly, a troubling feature of the commentary about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been its abusive, violent, sexist and misogynistic tenor.

  Jan 26, 2023

According to many social media platforms’ current content policies, it is, because posts exposing female nipples are still censored, whereas hate speech is often not. That may soon change.

  Jan 18, 2023

“As I become older, I become more certain that the one thing I want is to stay in my own home for as long as I can. I want to be among my familiar things, and watch my neighbours walk their labs and cockapoos.”

  Jan 16, 2023

Binge eating, emotional eating... often come from a place of deep psychological pain and distress.

  Jan 14, 2023

Do you think that creativity is an innate gift? Think again.

  Jan 13, 2023

Yes, they help, with links to games.

  Jan 11, 2023

This study gives us a better idea of what we’re up against and what journalists at reputable organizations might want to consider when they’re writing news about heavily partisan politics.

  Jan 09, 2023

“Do I see a smoking gun? Not per se. But do I see smoke? Absolutely. There’s enough data now to say that things can happen. … Protective policy is needed today. We really don’t need more science to know that we should be reducing exposures.”

  Jan 08, 2023

“When somebody who is in their nineties sees themselves getting stronger, they will tell you how good it feels.”

  Jan 06, 2023

The path toward shorter working hours would therefore be clear. All that’s missing is the political will.

  Dec 29, 2022

Florida’s outbreak of listeria has so far led to at least one death, 22 hospitalizations and an ice cream recall since January.

  Dec 28, 2022

They found the increased risk of gun violence was highest on days with above-average temperatures.

  Dec 22, 2022

After you read the interview, you might agree that maybe A.I. should take the reins and run the world. They'll be better at it.

  Dec 20, 2022

A virus may be causing Alzheimer's.

  Dec 19, 2022

The vast majority of people alive today are subject to tracking through a number of overlapping and entrenched surveillance systems.

  Dec 18, 2022

“There’s an incentive within the health system to do more colonoscopies." Ah, yes. The business of healthcare demands it.

  Dec 17, 2022

Not a week goes by when I don’t see someone in my clinic complaining of a strange and constant phantom sound in one of their ears, or in both ears. The noise is loud, distracting and scary – and it doesn’t go away.

  Dec 17, 2022

The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) is an alternative to the existing economic model of capitalism.