Can you tell a marten from a fisher? The challenges of crowdsourced wildlife identification in Michigan
Most people can correctly identify photographs of common animals such as deer, raccoons, skunks and squirrels.
Most people can correctly identify photographs of common animals such as deer, raccoons, skunks and squirrels.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2021
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Contrary to portraits painted in popular media, new research involving ridesharing services shows they provide an additional level of protection for potential sexual assault victims, particularly in neighborhoods with inadequate ...
Social Sciences
May 24, 2021
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Marginalized communities have been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and for women transitioning back to society after incarceration, it has severely affected their access to and knowledge about technology, one ...
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2020
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It has been almost 50 years ago since visionaries started predicting a digital revolution enabling many of us to work from home.
Economics & Business
Aug 24, 2020
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Since 2014, the Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, located at the University of Southern California, has been tracking trends in health economic well-being, attitudes and behaviors through a nationwide survey ...
Education
May 8, 2020
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In 2006, University of Virginia anthropologist Lise Dobrin received a document attached to an email from a man she knew in Papua New Guinea, where she had conducted fieldwork for her dissertation several years earlier. The ...
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2020
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On one unremarkable day in April this year, just over a third of news stories were about issues likely to impact young people, such as policies to address climate change, school teacher training, the impact of automation ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2019
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Imagine you're a 14-year-old girl on the train on your way home from school, when out of nowhere a "dick pic" appears on your phone. Surprise! You've been cyber flashed.
Internet
May 21, 2019
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared last week that the company would shift away from open networks that embody "the town square" towards private, encrypted services that are more like "the digital equivalent of the living ...
Internet
Mar 13, 2019
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The digital transformation of society has brought many immediate benefits: it's created new jobs and services, boosted efficiency and promoted innovation. But when it comes to improving the way we govern, the story is not ...
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2018
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