Jerusalem: Jewish settler movement makes bid for large slice of Armenian quarter (theconversation.com)
Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows (theconversation.com)
Two-thirds of Canadian and American renters are in unaffordable housing situations (theconversation.com)
Editing memories, spying on our bodies, normalising weird goggles: Apple’s new Vision Pro has big ambitions (theconversation.com)
Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States)....
Why Colombia sees legalising drugs as the way forward. Here's what's being proposed (theconversation.com)
South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next. (theconversation.com)
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Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin's notorious and much-feared anti-spy unit (theconversation.com)
A man under arrest by Russian internal security forces was seen confessing to a “crime”, in a video posted on January 2. He had been apprehended after allegedly posting a video on social media that purportedly showed air defences near the Russian city of Belgorod. This city, on the border with Ukraine, was the target of...
Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations (theconversation.com)
Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist has an even more insidious effect, research shows.
Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media (theconversation.com)
Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media::Social media allows a political leader to direct the behavior of political movements, including engaging in violence and insurrection.
Why the American technological war against China could backfire (theconversation.com)
Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators (theconversation.com)
Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators::As AI developers indiscriminately suck up online content to train their models, artists are seeking ways to fight back.
The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero (theconversation.com)
Turmoil at OpenAI shows we must address whether AI developers can regulate themselves (theconversation.com)
The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars (theconversation.com)
Forget ‘Man the Hunter’ – physiological and archaeological evidence rewrites assumptions about a gendered division of labor in prehistoric times (theconversation.com)
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Mexico will soon elect its first female president – but that landmark masks an uneven march toward women’s rights (theconversation.com)
Climate change is altering animal brains and behavior − a neuroscientist explains how (theconversation.com)
We're in a new COVID wave. What can we expect this time? (theconversation.com)
Specialized training programs using sensory augmentation devices could prevent astronauts from getting disoriented in space (theconversation.com)
It's not just about facts: Democrats and Republicans have sharply different attitudes about removing misinformation from social media (theconversation.com)
It’s not just about facts: Democrats and Republicans have sharply different attitudes about removing misinformation from social media::One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
Luminous 'mother-of-pearl' clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming (theconversation.com)
Back when there were Arctic alligators and turtles, ‘polar stratospheric clouds’ kept their world warm. Research suggests these clouds contribute to the ‘missing warming’ in climate models.
Why some people got blood clots after the AstraZeneca vaccine (theconversation.com)
A new Silicon Valley manifesto reveals the bleak, dangerous philosophy driving the tech industry (theconversation.com)
We don’t have to look too deeply into history to find parallels to this kind of worldview. Simply put, it is the worldview of colonialism: it sees both nature and other people as domains to be conquered and exploited for “growth”.
"Crime minister:" Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership is questioned even as Israelis rally round the flag (theconversation.com)
The murderous attacks launched by Hamas on October 7, which triggered the Israel-Hamas 2023 war, have had a unifying effect on Israeli society. The social divisions that marked the confrontations over the judicial overhaul have given way to a rare moment of social unity and rallying around the flag....
White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments (theconversation.com)
White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. This was a key finding from our recent study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. We also found that Black patients were 25% more likely than white...
