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Social Sciences Apr 2, 2024

Can life at sea teach us to live in a more meaningful way?

Life on board a tall ship can be cramped, cold and demanding, but according to one researcher, it also sheds light on what gives life purpose and meaning.

Social Sciences Mar 8, 2024

How families glued to separate devices can connect again

It's Saturday afternoon and the kids are all connected to separate devices. So are the parents. Sounds familiar?

Social Sciences Mar 2, 2024

Billionaires are building bunkers and buying islands—are they prepping for apocalypse or pioneering a new feudalism?

In December 2023, WIRED reported that Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of Meta and one of the foremost architects of today's social-media-dominated world, has been buying up large swathes of the Hawaiian island Kauai.

Social Sciences Jan 30, 2024

Is online research losing its edge? The case for in-person research in the age of AI

The landscape of research has been profoundly transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, propelling a mass transition to online research methodologies. However, the advent of sophisticated AI technologies capable of mimicking ...

Social Sciences Jan 8, 2024

How your Zoom background can make you seem more competent

Working from home has made job interviews and starting a new role easier in many ways. You don't have to worry about a missed train or spilled coffee derailing a job interview if it's on Zoom—but you still need to impress ...

Astronomy Jan 5, 2024

A day in the life of a mountaintop telescope builder

When she's in Chile, Margaux Lopez starts most days nine thousand feet below her place of work. At 6:30 a.m. she boards a bus to begin the steep climb from La Serena, Chile's second-oldest city, to the top of Cerro Pachón, ...

Social Sciences Jan 4, 2024

Persons with developmental disabilities were socially isolated during the pandemic, Norwegian study finds

In a new study published in the Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning (Journal of Care Research), researchers from the Regional Center for Obesity Research and Innovation (ObeCe) at St. Olavs Hospital and the University of Agder ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 27, 2023

Images hidden in noise revealed by a quantum-inspired phase-imaging method

Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics with colleagues from Stanford University and Oklahoma State University have introduced a quantum-inspired phase-imaging method based on light intensity correlation ...

Social Sciences Dec 21, 2023

New report outlines gaps in preparing young people to respond to tech-facilitated sexual harm

Schools and teachers play a critical role in equipping students with the skills to understand, respond to, and prevent sexual violence in safe and healthy ways. As the lines between the digital and physical world continue ...

Plants & Animals Dec 7, 2023

Why dozens of North American bird species are getting new names: Every name tells a story

This winter, tens of thousands of birders will survey winter bird populations for the National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count, part of an international bird census, powered by volunteers, that has taken place every ...

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