Tag: technology
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...
How many bots are on Twitter? The question is difficult to...
Kai-Cheng Yang, Indiana University and Filippo Menczer, Indiana University
Twitter reports that fewer than 5% of accounts are fakes...
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in...
Can you truly own anything in the metaverse? A law professor...
João Marinotti, Indiana University
In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about US$4 million....
How hypersonic missiles work and the unique threats they pose –...
Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder
Russia used a hypersonic missile against a Ukrainian arms depot in the western...
Why ‘bad’ ads appear on ‘good’ websites – a computer scientist...
Eric Zeng, University of Washington
Sketchy ads, like those for miracle weight loss pills and suspicious-looking software, sometimes appear...
Your digital footprints are more than a privacy risk – they...
Ravi Sen, Texas A&M University
When you use the internet, you leave behind a trail of data, a set...
A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and...
David Wallace, Mississippi State University
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
