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Social Sciences Mar 18, 2024

Virtual reality better than video for evoking fear, spurring climate action: Study

Depicting worst-case climate scenarios like expanding deserts and dying coral reefs may better motivate people to support environmental policies when delivered via virtual reality, according to a research team led by Penn ...

Social Sciences Mar 14, 2024

Digital surveillance is omnipresent in China. How citizens are coping

Do you ever think about the digital footprint you leave when you are browsing the web, shopping online, commenting on social networks or going by a facial recognition camera?

Political science Mar 13, 2024

Questions to ask about government use of deepfakes

Will the lure of deepfakes prove irresistible to democratic governments? What questions should governments ask—and who in government should be asking them—when a deepfake is being considered?

Political science Mar 8, 2024

Q&A: How will generative artificial intelligence affect political advertising in 2024?

It's estimated that $12 billion will be spent on political ads this election cycle—30% more than in 2020. The sheer volume of ads is remarkable, and there is vast potential to use this political information to contribute ...

Social Sciences Mar 4, 2024

In 2024, we'll truly find out how robust our democracies are to online disinformation campaigns

Disinformation, sharing false information to deceive and mislead others, can take many forms. From edited "deepfake" videos made on smartphones to vast foreign-led information operations, politics and elections show how varied ...

Ecology Feb 20, 2024

Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity, study finds

The conversion of rainforest into plantations erodes and restructures food webs and fundamentally changes the way these ecosystems function, according to a new study published in Nature. The findings provide the first insights ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 7, 2024

Perovskite single-pixel detector for efficient extraction of meta-images in complex environments

Information technology plays a pivotal role in contemporary society, influencing aspects such as social communication, audio-visual entertainment in daily life, and the integration of cloud computing and the Internet of Things ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 5, 2024

New technology unscrambles the chatter of microbes

Researchers from University of California San Diego, as part of a large collaboration with scientists around the world, have developed a new search tool to help researchers better understand the metabolism of microorganisms. ...

Plants & Animals Jan 29, 2024

On tropical coasts, hermit crabs are now making their homes in plastic waste

Terrestrial hermit crabs are soft-bodied crustaceans that live near water in the world's tropical areas. Without any natural protection of their own, these crabs normally find shelter in discarded mollusk shells. But a number ...

Social Sciences Jan 24, 2024

AI in HR: Are you cool with being recruited by a robot? Studies reveal job candidates' true feelings

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the human resource management (HRM) industry faster than we notice. Sixty-five percent of organizations are already using AI-enabled tools in the hiring process, but only a third ...

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