Materials can store information about their past—like a crease in a piece of paper that has been unfolded is a “memory” of being folded—that can be retrieved or read out and used for various purposes. […]
Heightened immigration enforcement during the second Trump administration has not expanded job opportunities for U.S.-born workers and is associated with a reduction of employment for U.S.-born men with no more than a high school degree, […]
Why do so many people lose control over their internet use? While age limits for social media are being debated, many adults also spend hours online every day. For some, this becomes a burden, affecting […]
If you’re registered to vote in the United States and you’re not among the richest of the rich, political scientist Peter K. Enns has a message for you: Your voice still matters. So does data […]
For women in their 50s experiencing homelessness, daily life means far more than finding a place to sleep. It means navigating dangerous shelter environments, managing serious health conditions without adequate support, and fighting to maintain […]
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is experimenting with a policy that has drawn national attention and local skepticism: providing cash compensation to people confined in the Allegheny County Jail in the city of Pittsburgh. The funds include […]
The Netherlands prohibits gambling advertising from targeting young people under age 24. Using Meta’s ad library, we found a minority of ads published by both online (7.3%) and offline (29.8%) Dutch gambling licensees that broke […]
In 1985, the Innovative Design Fund placed an ad in Scientific American offering up to $10,000 to support clever prototypes for clothing, home decor, and textiles. William Freeman Ph.D., then an electrical engineer at Polaroid […]
Amazon announced Monday it is opening up its massive shipping and delivery network to any business that wants to use it—not just the merchants who sell on Amazon’s website.This post was originally published on this […]
Using various telescopes, an international team of astronomers has performed multi-wavelength observations of a recently identified gamma-ray burst source designated GRB 250416C. Results of the observational campaign, published April 23 on the v pre-print server, […]
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