Social media can support or undermine democracy. It comes down to how it's designed
Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.
Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.
Solar Maximum 2025 is the expected peak of solar activity in Solar Cycle 25, characterized by heightened sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections. This peak is anticipated around mid to late 2025, coinciding with ...
A new 3D simulation tool developed by ETH and SLF researchers now allows for significantly more accurate predictions of complex alpine mass movements, supporting alpine risk management.
A wildfire on the island of Crete that forced the evacuation of 5,000 tourists and locals is "retreating," Greek firefighters told AFP on Friday, but a new blaze fanned by strong winds is spreading east of the capital, Athens.
The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Australian farms are at the forefront of a wave of technological change coming to agriculture. Over the past decade, more than US$200 billion (A$305 billion) has been invested globally into the likes of pollination robots, ...
Just last month, a powerful solar storm lit up skies across the northern hemisphere, producing vivid auroras visible as far south as parts of the northern United States.
Traditional medical tests often require clinical samples to be sent off-site for analysis in a time-intensive and expensive process. Point-of-care diagnostics are instead low-cost, easy-to-use, and rapid tests performed at ...
A new exhibition in London (open until February 2026) called Thirst: In search of freshwater highlights how civilizations have treasured—and been intrinsically linked to—safe, clean water.
The oceans—engines of life on Earth and our single greatest climate regulator—are caught in a catch 22. We urgently need to decarbonize our economy, which means rolling out renewable energy on a massive scale, including ...