The representation of women, ethnic minorities, seniors and sexual minorities on streaming services and mainstream broadcasters falls short. This is shown in research conducted by communication scientist Serena Daalmans of ...
Social Sciences
Jul 23, 2024
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Disinformation caught many people off guard during the 2016 Brexit referendum and US presidential election. Since then, a mini-industry has developed to analyze and counter it.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2024
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As a new parent, I've had the joy of watching animated cartoons with my two-year-old son. His favorite show is "Trash Truck," on Netflix, featuring a tight-knit ensemble of five characters: a trash truck, a young boy, a raccoon, ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2024
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A Charles Darwin University (CDU) study has identified early evening, or a wet season morning, as the prime time for surveying feral pigs from sky-high drones, which could help land rangers to improve management of the stealthy ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2023
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The Pentagon has opened up a new portal for professionals to submit reports about UFOs—now officially known as unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs—and for the rest of us to find out about the reports that have been ...
Astronomy
Sep 1, 2023
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The arrival of the new year is a prime time for Antarctic birds like the south polar skua, Antarctic petrel, and snow petrel to build nests and lay their eggs. However, from December 2021 to January 2022, researchers did ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2023
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Science and math skills are widely celebrated as keys to economic and technological progress, but abstract mathematics may seem bafflingly far from industrial optimization or medical imaging. Pure mathematics often yields ...
Mathematics
Jan 3, 2023
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The U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection intends to hold another public hearing, likely the last before it releases its official report. The hearing had been scheduled for Sept. 28, 2022 ...
Political science
Sep 28, 2022
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Left or right. Among other uses, these terms can generally identify most Americans' political beliefs—liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. When these views are at the extreme ends of the political spectrum, ...
Political science
Sep 22, 2020
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A quintillion calculations a second. That's one with 18 zeros after it. It's the speed at which an exascale supercomputer will process information. The Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing for the first exascale computer ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 3, 2020
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