Tag: Apps
‘Whisper networks’ don’t work as well online as off − here’s...
Carrie Ann Johnson, Iowa State University
Whisper networks are informal channels that women use to warn each other about...
The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds...
Kassem Fawaz, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Jack West, University of Wisconsin-Madison
You wake up in the morning and, first...
Banning TikTok could weaken personal cybersecurity
Robert Olson, Rochester Institute of Technology
TikTok is not be the first app to be scrutinized over the potential...
Those seeds clinging to your hiking socks may be from invasive...
Megan Dolman, Boise State University
With spring settling in across the U.S. and days lengthening, many people are ready...
A boon for sports fandom or a looming mental health crisis?...
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
A lifelong sports fan, I grew up hearing tales of sports figures felled by gambling...
From watering via ice cubes to spritzing with hydrogen peroxide –...
Nick Goltz, University of Connecticut
The internet is full of advice on just about everything, including plant care.
No, submitting junk data to period tracking apps won’t protect reproductive...
Katie Siek, Indiana University; Alexander L. Hayes, Indiana University, and Zaidat Ibrahim, Indiana University
Social media users posted ideas...
Can Bionic Reading make you a speed reader? Not so fast
Lauren M. Singer Trakhman, University of Maryland
What if something as simple as bolding parts of a word could...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
