Since buying Twitter, rebranded as X, billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a "free speech absolutist," has welcomed hatemongers to the platform, including one who recently coined the trending hashtag #BanTheADL.
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2023
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The universe is big, as Douglas Adams would say.
Astronomy
Sep 11, 2023
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Disinformation about deadly wildfires in the United States and Canada has run rampant across social media, with posts falsely blaming coordinated arson, lasers—and plans to develop "smart cities."
Environment
Sep 9, 2023
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People who primarily use their own gut feeling to determine what is true and false are more likely to believe conspiracy theories. That is the conclusion of researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, who have investigated ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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The sixth mass extinction is currently happening on Earth. Rapid biodiversity loss is affecting every corner of the globe, as species of plants, mammals, fish, and reptiles disappear due to the changing climate. While much ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2023
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A University of Hawaiʻi-led discovery of an immense bubble 820 million light years from Earth is believed to be a fossil-like remnant of the birth of the universe. Astronomer Brent Tully from the UH Institute for Astronomy ...
Astronomy
Sep 5, 2023
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Knots are used in all sorts of ways, every day. They ensure safety both indoors and for outdoor activities such as boating or sailing, are used as surgical sutures, as decorations, and they can even be found at nanoscales ...
Mathematics
Sep 5, 2023
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Non-perturbative interactions (i.e., interactions too strong to be described by so-called perturbation theory) between light and matter have been the topic of numerous research studies. Yet the role that quantum properties ...
Statistical methods can evaluate whether pivotal military events, like the Battle of Jutland, American involvement in the Vietnam war or the nuclear arms race, could've turned out otherwise, according to a new book.
Mathematics
Aug 30, 2023
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After an earthquake strikes in an area with a buried gas pipeline network, it can be critical to identify where potential damage to the pipeline might have occurred—especially since these networks can cover hundreds of ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2023
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