Obama orders creation of intelligence review group
President Barack Obama is directing his national intelligence director to form a panel of outside experts to review government intelligence and communications technologies.
Internet
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Blind trust in social media cements conspiracy beliefs
The ability to identify misinformation only benefits people who have some skepticism toward social media, according to a new study from Washington State University.
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2021
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Game-changing technologies to transform food systems
In the next three decades, humans will need a 30 to 70 percent increase in food availability to meet the demand from an increasing population. And the global food system will need to change profoundly if it is going to provide ...
Ecology
May 19, 2020
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Was this hyena a distant ancestor of today's termite-eating aardwolf?
Of the hundred or so known species of hyena—living and extinct—that stalked the earth, all have been meat eaters or omnivores except one, the aardwolf, which, mysteriously, eats termites.
Paleontology & Fossils
May 6, 2022
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Research reveals strategies for combating science misinformation
Just as the scientific community was reaching a consensus on the dangerous reality of climate change, the partisan divide on climate change began to widen.
Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2019
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Bigger smartphone screens can change customer's buying intentions
imply tweaking the screen size of a smartphone can change how much users trust advertisements, as well as their buying behaviors, according to a team of international researchers.
Economics & Business
Nov 25, 2015
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Uncertainty about facts can be reported without damaging public trust in news: study
The numbers that drive headlines—those on Covid-19 infections, for example—contain significant levels of uncertainty: assumptions, limitations, extrapolations, and so on.
Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2020
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Q&A: Using social science to forecast societal change
Pandemic impacts on people everywhere brought a unique opportunity for social scientists to study and forecast changes in society. The Forecasting Collaborative was founded in 2020 by Dr. Igor Grossmann, associate professor ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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Robots vs. humans: Which do children trust more when learning new information?
In this digital age, children are exposed to overwhelming amounts of information online, some of it unverified and increasingly generated by non-human sources, such as AI-driven language models. As children grow older, the ...
Social Sciences
Dec 22, 2023
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Humans must overcome distrust of robots, say researchers
Social pedestrian navigation, such as walking down a crowded sidewalk, is something humans take for granted, but the actual process is quite sophisticated – especially if you're a robot.
Robotics
Jan 20, 2017
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