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3D-printing resin forms both permanent objects and dissolvable supports

One-pot recipes make preparing meals quick and easy. And one-pot 3D-printing could do the same for additive manufacturing.This post was originally published on this site

How useful are states’ adolescent social media laws?

Bills related to adolescent social media regulation have been adopted in more than half of all U.S. states. Research in The Milbank Quarterly finds that these state policies—such as school cell phone bans and anti-cyberbullying […]

Workplace equality laws spark surprising gains for women in the boardroom, research finds

Amid global rollbacks of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives—from the United States to parts of Europe—a new study has found that US state-level protections for LGBTQIA+ employees are not only helping to curb workplace […]

Exploring the real reasons why some people choose not to use AI

Generative artificial intelligence is everywhere, but not everyone is ready to embrace it—and it’s not just people who fear that AI might replace their jobs or that ChatGPT will become sentient and take over the […]

Collaboration can unlock Australia’s energy transition without sacrificing natural capital

Decarbonizing Australia’s economy and protecting the country’s most critical natural resources are both possible, but will require significant collaboration between energy developers, state and local governments, landowners, and interest groups, according to new research led […]

Why Brazil’s Quilombola communities are still fighting for the land they’re owed

Brazil’s Quilombola people, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, have lived in the nation’s vast Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for centuries. Today, the Quilombolas number about 1.3 million people in the country and have […]

Autocrats don’t act like Hitler or Stalin anymore. Instead of governing with violence, they use manipulation

President Donald Trump’s critics often accuse him of harboring authoritarian ambitions. Journalists and scholars have drawn parallels between his leadership style and that of strongmen abroad. Some Democrats warn that the U.S. is sliding toward […]

Does the key to uniting against divisive politics lie in our personal lives?

Modern Britain is plagued by a sense of disempowerment and political exclusion—a feeling that is, somewhat ironically, shared between groups of people who otherwise feel divided from one another.This post was originally published on this […]

Privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex discovered

An international research collaboration has recently uncovered a potential privacy abuse involving Meta and the Russian tech giant Yandex. They found that native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps such as Maps, Navi, […]

Immersive tech reshapes music and film landscape with Bono, Metallica and ‘Matrix’ taking the leap

With a mic in hand, Bono belts out “Vertigo,” close enough to reach out and touch, as if you’re sharing the stage with him at the Beacon Theatre in New York.This post was originally published […]