Many cities are banning ads for airlines, SUVs and fossil fuels. Yours could be...
Towns and cities are pushing ahead with ambitious climate policies, even as global collaboration on climate breakdown splinters.
One flagship example is the proliferation of...
Five ways schools have shifted in five years since COVID-19
The U.S. educational landscape has been drastically transformed since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered school campuses five years ago.
Access to high-quality teachers and curriculum developed...
One in 15 U.S. adults has been at a mass shooting scene, study finds
A new study has revealed that about 7% of U.S. adults—roughly one in 15—have been present at the scene of a mass shooting at...
Why are so many people obsessed with fantasy sports?
With the AFL and NRL seasons kicking off, fantasy footy players have been deep in draft mode, carefully building their best teams.
Fantasy sports have...
How the risk of AI weapons could spiral out of control
Sometimes AI isn't as clever as we think it is.
Researchers training an algorithm to identify skin cancer thought they had succeeded until they discovered...
The hidden cost of Netflix’s autoplay: How it affects your watching habits
Autoplay, the feature that automatically plays the next episode or movie without user input, is now a common part of streaming platforms like Netflix.
While...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s another superhero film!
Captain America continues to conquer obstacles and crush villains―not bad for a man approaching age 85.
The comic book hero made his debut in print...
Are the Oscars going bananas?
Hollywood’s biggest night, the Academy Awards, arrives this weekend, but this year there’s some monkey business going on.
It’s easy to focus on the race...
Hate speech on x increased by 50% after Musk’s purchase, study finds
A new study has found that hate speech on X, formerly known as Twitter, remained significantly higher for several months after Elon Musk acquired...
A new way to check your relationship’s health
Just in time for Valentine's Day, researchers at Stockholm University have developed a new way to measure relationship satisfaction. Their study, published in the...