When President Joe Biden signed a US$95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, 2024, it started the...
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“Cancel culture” has a bad reputation. There is growing anxiety over this practice of publicly shaming people online for violating...
Society has a complicated relationship with adolescents. We want to protect them as children and yet launch them into adulthood....
Have you ever wondered how an email sent from New York arrives in Sydney in mere seconds, or how you...
Humans are very good at spotting patterns, or repeating features people can recognize. For instance, ancient Polynesians navigated across the...
Imagine opening your front door wide and inviting the world to listen in on your most private conversations. Unthinkable, right?...
Millions of Americans still don’t have access to high-speed internet. Christopher Ali, a professor of telecommunications at Penn State University,...
Often, when scientists do research around a specific societal challenge, they hope their work will help solve that larger problem....
Do you ever use your cellphone while driving? Don’t feel too guilty about saying yes – nearly 60% of drivers...
Volt Typhoon is a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group. The United States government and its primary global intelligence partners, known as...
Generative artificial intelligence has been hailed for its potential to transform creativity, and especially by lowering the barriers to content...
“The Tale of Genji,” often called Japan’s first novel, was written 1,000 years ago. Yet it still occupies a powerful...