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The intersection of content management, misinformation, aggregated data about human behavior and crowdsourcing shows how fragile Twitter is and what would be lost with the platform’s demise.
Pembatasan misinformasi COVID-19 di Twitter telah dinonaktifkan.
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Jika Twitter bubar, akan banyak sumber data berharga dan metode berbagi informasi yang akan turut hilang. Padahal banyak aktivis, jurnalis, petugas kesehatan umum, hingga ilmuwan mengandalkan hal ini.
Red knots stop to feed along the Delaware shore as they migrate from the high Arctic to South America.
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Governments, scientists and conservation groups are working to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water for nature by 2030. Two scientists explain why scale matters for reaching that goal.
The restraints on COVID-19 misinformation on Twitter are off.
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A wealth of research on social media shows that COVID-19 misinformation is damaging to public health.
King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms.
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If Twitter were to go dark, with it would go a valuable source of data as well as a means of sharing information relied on by activists, journalists, public health officials and scientists.
A new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes.
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
A new particle accelerator has just begun operation. It is the most powerful accelerator of its kind on Earth and will allow physicists to study some of the rarest matter in the universe.
Talokan is inspired by Mesoamerica, a vast area that encompasses Central America and parts of Mexico.
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Whereas the first ‘Black Panther’ film celebrated an array of African cultures, the follow-up seeks to also highlight the rich legacy of Mesoamerican cultures destroyed by colonial conquest.
Amy Grant performs in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in 2017.
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It’s often assumed that people who identify as asexual are also ‘aromantic’ – that they aren’t interested in forming romantic relationships or aren’t capable of doing so.
Parents exhibit what psychologists call ‘in-group favoritism.’
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If parents prefer to associate with other parents, what does that mean for people who have decided against having kids?
Photo ops of the world’s central bankers and finance ministers typically involve a woman or two surrounded by men, such as this image from the G-7 in Germany in 2015.
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Men were significantly less likely to express confidence in the Federal Reserve and optimism about the economy when monetary policy information came from a woman versus a man.
The interior of the International Church of Cannabis in Denver, Colorado.
International Church of Cannabis Denver, Colorado
It’s tempting to focus on the minority of Americans who hold negative views about scientists. But blaming others for their lack of trust won’t build the relationships that can boost trust.
Women are more likely to vote than men, but white women have different voting tendencies than women of color.
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Jane Junn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; John Holbein, University of Virginia, and Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University
Every citizen has the right to vote. But various characteristics and legal requirements affect how likely any one person is to actually cast a ballot.
Sam Matekane, Lesotho’s new prime minister has the daunting job of restoring public trust in politics and government.
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Unable to change the country’s vulnerability to shifts in the global and regional economy, the new prime minister Matekane has few economic levers to pull.