Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you – why aren’t they all illegal?
You open a free app to do one simple thing. Before you even start, a…
What are those orange balls on some power lines?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
A key science publishing platform is cracking down on AI slop
The pre-print website arXiv has announced that researchers who put their names to papers which…
Meta’s new tools allow parents to better supervise their kids’ social media accounts. Will they work?
Tech giant Meta recently announced a set of new features to give parents greater oversight…
42.3% of people saw hostile messages online in 2025 – News articles
In 2025, 42.3% of internet users in the EU encountered messages online that they considered…
We tested the new World Cup ball – this is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and swerve
Every four years, the men’s World Cup delivers some certainties. The pitch dimensions are tightly…
Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions?
A billboard tries to sell you something. So does a used car salesman. But no…
New UFO files offer no answers – but something is happening in the skies
The US Government has released a new trove of documents on various cases of “Unidentified…
Sweeteners and the quest for the perfect alternative to sugar
Designing a series of sweetener trials seemed straightforward enough to us as behavioural scientists who…
Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part…