Tag: technology
We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and...
Jennifer Raynor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world’s oceans today, but they...
How the world’s nuclear watchdog monitors facilities around the world –...
Anna Erickson, Georgia Institute of Technology
What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program?...
Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI
Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst; Alexander Theodoridis, UMass Amherst; Sara M. Kirshbaum, UMass Amherst, and Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst
In...
Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down...
Lisa Schirch, University of Notre Dame
Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions,...
What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why...
Joshua Rovner, American University
The U.S. Air Force dropped a dozen ground-penetrating bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds (13,607 kilograms),...
Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a...
Anna Erickson, Georgia Institute of Technology
When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main...
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...
Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites
Meg Leta Jones, Georgetown University
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision on June 27, 2025, that will...
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...
