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Political science Jun 11, 2024

Indian election was awash in deepfakes—but AI was a net positive for democracy

As India concluded the world's largest election on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions used artificial intelligence technologies—and what lessons ...

Other Jun 10, 2024

Think tech killed penmanship? Messy handwriting was a problem centuries before smartphones

Handwriting is dead. At least that's what a New York Times article announced in 2023 in its postmortem investigation "What Killed Penmanship?" But there was no doubt about the culprit: technology.

Space Exploration Jun 6, 2024

Welcome to the age of space skepticism—and a growing revolt against elites

Over the past decade, a new form of skepticism about human activities in space has emerged. It seems to be based exclusively in the western world, and centered around the idea that increasingly ambitious space plans will ...

Social Sciences Jun 5, 2024

Messages can trigger the opposite of their desired effect—but you can avoid communication that backfires

The best graduation speeches dispense wisdom you find yourself returning to long after the graduation tassels are turned. Take the feel-good life advice in Baz Luhrmann's song to a class that graduated 25 years ago. Only ...

Social Sciences Jun 4, 2024

Who gets to decide what counts as 'disorder'?

As a scholar of urban governance and data policy, I viewed the responses to protests on U.S. campuses as about more than threats to academic freedom and freedom of speech.

Social Sciences Jun 4, 2024

Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats

I became newly worried about the state of democracy when, a few years ago, my mother was elected president of her neighborhood garden club.

Social Sciences May 31, 2024

Relieving a fear of public speaking

If you dread public speaking you are not alone. It is a leading social phobia, one that can cause a state of anxiety that reduces otherwise articulate people to nervous incoherence.

Political science May 29, 2024

Research suggests leaders' social media posts are taken just as seriously as formal statements

Over 180 world leaders maintain social media accounts, and some of them issue policy warnings to rivals and the public on these platforms rather than relying on traditional government statements. How seriously do people take ...

Environment May 23, 2024

What is 'net zero,' anyway? A short history of a monumental concept

Last month, the leaders of the G7 declared their commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. Closer to home, the Albanese government recently introduced legislation to establish a Net Zero Economy Authority, ...

Economics & Business May 22, 2024

TikTok law threatening a ban if the app isn't sold raises First Amendment concerns

TikTok, the short-video company with Chinese roots, did the most American thing possible on May 7, 2024: It sued the U.S. government, in the person of Attorney General Merrick Garland, in federal court. The suit claims the ...

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