Should You Use Threads, Meta’s New Twitter Rival, or Is It a “Privacy Nightmare”?
BU online advertising expert on how tech companies use our data and sensitive information, and whether the US should better protect our privacy
New Artificial Intelligence Program Could Help Treat Hypertension
Model helps match people with high blood pressure to the medication most likely to work for them—and could improve trust in healthcare AI
Secrets of the Microbiome
The gut is filled with trillions of microbes. BU nutrition scientist Maura E. Walker studies them for clues that could help prevent and treat diabetes and heart disease
Tweets, Ads, and Lies: Researchers Are Fighting against Climate Misinformation
Massachusetts’ deputy climate chief joins BU symposium on research aiming to track—and fight back against—climate lies
Algorithms Were Supposed to Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice—Do They?
Can We Trust ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence to Do Humans’ Work?
What’s behind Boom of Christianity in China?
Theology scholars and a global network of researchers are using big data to map religion’s history in China and explain its rapid growth
Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories
COVID-19 headlines dominate (again), but articles on AI dementia diagnoses, city trees, student mental health, and an action movie star’s brain disorder also prove big hits
What Happened to the Robots in BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab? They’re Getting a New Mission
Its robots are still processing hundreds of tests, but with fewer of us swabbing our noses, the custom-built lab is opening up its facilities to researchers from across the University