November 30, 2024

Are you tracking your health with a device? Here’s what could happen with the data

Every day, millions of people share more intimate information with their accessories than they do with their spouse.

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Iranian women’s bodies are becoming a battlefield

Authoritarian regimes rely on patriarchal structures to consolidate their power. In Iran, this partnership serves to control women’s bodies.This post was originally published on this site
Law firm use of data scientists grows alongside AI’s challenges

Several top law firms are turning to specialists to beef up their artificial intelligence compliance practices in a way they wouldn’t with more established areas of law.This post was originally published on this site
Study reveals mixed legacy of the 2012 London Olympics on promised urban regeneration

The 2012 London Olympics Games serve as a cautionary tale for local communities in host cities—a new study warns. The study by the University of Portsmouth analyzed 20 years of data, from 2001 to 2022. [...]
Polling in the age of Trump highlights flawed methods and filtered realities

The results of the 2024 presidential election cement a trend in American politics: Polls cannot accurately gauge support for Donald Trump. In the 2016, 2020 and now 2024 elections, polls consistently underestimated Trump’s support by [...]
Why are female politicians more often targeted with violence? New findings confirm depressing suspicions

Despite some progress, women remain seriously underrepresented in politics globally. As of 2023, women held only 26% of parliamentary seats and 15.8% of the positions as heads of state or government.This post was originally published [...]
One-size-fits-all solutions to disability inclusion in the House of Commons are ineffective for disabled politicians

The increasingly complex and wide-ranging role of Members of Parliament, and the weight of expectations placed on them by voters, makes it harder for them to seek support for physical or mental health impairments, a [...]
Political opinions can influence our product choices, including chocolate, research finds

We distance ourselves from completely neutral products if they are liked by people who have political views that we find disagreeable. This is shown in four studies from Linköping University, Sweden. The behavior is reinforced [...]
User language distorts ChatGPT information on armed conflicts, study shows

When asked in Arabic about the number of civilian casualties killed in the Middle East conflict, ChatGPT gives significantly higher casualty numbers than when the prompt was written in Hebrew, as a new study by [...]
Milestone legal case from 35 years ago holds important lessons for how courts deal with scientific evidence today

This month marks 35 years of DNA evidence being used in Australian legal cases. But unlike DNA firsts in other countries, Australia’s is perhaps the most significant legal milestone that is practically unheard of.This post [...]
Why some countries are more likely to believe nuclear war won’t happen to them

The war in Ukraine has just edged up another notch. It has not been going well for Ukraine in recent months, and this week Joe Biden’s administration made the decision to allow Ukraine to fire [...]