An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipses
Many people in the U.S. will have an opportunity to witness nearly four minutes of…
Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations
Generative artificial intelligence has been hailed for its potential to transform creativity, and especially by…
WhatsApp, Facebook are the most used social media sites in 8 middle-income nations
A man takes a selfie at the Al Jabbar Grand Mosque in Bandung, West Java,…
TikTok’s duet, green screen and stitch turn political point-scoring into an art form
Since its astronomical rise in popularity during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, TikTok has played an…
Conspiracy theorist tactics show it’s too easy to get around Facebook’s content policies
During the COVID pandemic, social media platforms were swarmed by far-right and anti-vaccination communities that…
Dark matter may form exploding stars – and observing the damage could help reveal what it’s made of
Dark matter is a ghostly substance that astronomers have failed to detect for decades, yet…
Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out
For the first time in history, a single language dominates global scientific communication. But the…
Turning off TikTok is a big risk for the Democrats
Popular social media platform TikTok stands accused of holding US data in China, fostering censorship,…
AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions
Water is needed for development, production and consumption, yet we are overusing and polluting an…
Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’
How stable are planetary systems? Will Earth and its seven siblings always continue in their…