(C) The Conversation This unaltered story was originally published on TheConversation.com/us [1] License: Creative Commons - CC BY-ND 4.0 Attributions/No Derivities[2] ---------------- The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts on The Conversation By: ['Adam Clulow', 'Andrew Gibbons', 'Art Markman', 'Circe Sturm', 'Cristine H Legare', 'David M. Buss', 'Erika M Bsumek', 'Geoffrey Smith', 'Harry Siviter', 'Janet M. Davis'] Date: 2022-04-05 12:31:34+00:00 Shutterstock March 3, 2022 Fact-checking can actually harm trust in media: new research Our study found high levels of trust in media reports – but that trust can be eroded by fact-checking. Journalists need to rethink the way they report political stories. AP Photo/Alex Brandon February 11, 2022 Whether up in smoke or down the toilet, missing presidential records are a serious concern All presidents must deposit transcriptions of their public statements with the National Archives. 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LookBermuda/Flickr July 22, 2021 AI spots shipwrecks from the ocean surface – and even from the air It’s difficult to tell a shipwreck from a natural feature on the ocean floor in a scan taken from a plane or ship. This project used deep learning to get it right 92% of the time. Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images July 13, 2021 What is biblical inerrancy? A New Testament scholar explains The doctrine of inerrancy likely took shape during the 19th and 20th centuries in the United States, in response to the rise of liberalism within Christianity. Ed Vebell/Getty Images July 9, 2021 Before Shark Week and ‘Jaws,’ World War II spawned America’s shark obsession As part of the nation’s massive wartime mobilization effort, millions of Americans, for the first time, traveled abroad – where many had their first encounters with the marine predators. John Gast, Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons June 29, 2021 Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering Government investment in roads, railroads and other public services has always involved social programming, both for good and for ill. Avigator Fortuner/Shutterstock June 7, 2021 The ocean economy is booming: who is making money, who is paying the price? Podcast Plus, why Brazilian women who lived through Zika are avoiding getting pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to episode 18 of The Conversation Weekly podcast. Epoch: History Games Initiative/University of Texas at Austin May 17, 2021 How student-designed video games made me rethink how I teach history A history professor describes how student-designed video games have transformed his classroom and provided a substitute for academic essays. Miguel Schincariol/AFP via Getty Images April 28, 2021 Scarred by Zika and fearing new COVID-19 variants, Brazilian women say no to another pandemic pregnancy Officials in Brazil recently asked women to avoid pregnancy, citing heightened risk to them and newborns. But births were already dropping; a new study attributes it to the trauma of Zika. Vitalii Kyryk/WikimediaCommons April 22, 2021 Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps? Researchers have grown the first human-monkey hybrid embryos as well as mouse embryos in artificial wombs late into development. These biomedical breakthroughs raise different ethical quandaries. John Minchillo/AP Photo April 14, 2021 Trump, defying custom, hasn’t given the National Archives records of his speeches at political rallies All presidents must deposit transcriptions of their public statements with the National Archives. But in the case of Donald Trump, there’s something missing. 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