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Why some people got blood clots after the AstraZeneca vaccine (theconversation.com)

Delivering aid during war is tricky − here’s what to know about what Gaza relief operations may face (theconversation.com)

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Conspiracy theories: how social media can help them spread and even spark violence (theconversation.com)

Conspiracy theories: how social media can help them spread and even spark violence::Conspiracy theories may be baseless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government and inciting violence.

Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that (theconversation.com)

Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power (theconversation.com)

Putin’s designs on a Baltic island are leading Sweden to prepare for war, researcher says (theconversation.com)

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Are we really about to talk to whales? (theconversation.com)

Cybersecurity researchers spotlight a new ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files (theconversation.com)

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.

Indo-European Languages: New Study Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses About Their Origin (theconversation.com)

Despite numerous studies, many questions still remain as to the origin of Indo-European: where was the original Indo-European language spoken in prehistoric times? How long ago did this language group emerge? How did it spread across Eurasia? New Study Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses About Their Origin. There are two main,...

Dark patterns employed by online companies. (theconversation.com)

A study on online companies employing dark patterns. Dark patterns are clever tricks built into apps and websites to encourage you to do things you may not necessarily want to do, for the gain of the companies.

AI scam calls imitating familiar voices are a growing problem – here's how they work (theconversation.com)

Cambodia: five decades on from the Khmer Rouge, Hun Sen proves himself the ultimate survivor with his plan to hand power to his son (theconversation.com)

As he prepares to hand over power to his son after 38 years in power, veteran Cambodian leader Hun Sen, has come a long way since his early days as a Khmer Rouge fighter.

A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns – new research (theconversation.com)

Glass: Neither a solid nor a liquid, this common yet complicated material is still surprising scientists (theconversation.com)

China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary (theconversation.com)

Julian Assange’s appeal to avoid extradition to the US will go ahead, and it could be legally groundbreaking, legal expert says (theconversation.com)

The High Court in UK rejected the US government assurances that Julian Assange’s rights to freedom of expression would be protected. The court gave a brief judgement stating there would be a full appeal on the freedom of expression and nationality discrimination grounds in relation to all charges Assange faces, allowing Mr...

To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money (theconversation.com)

There is one class of AI risk that is generally knowable in advance. These are risks stemming from misalignment between a company’s economic incentives to profit from its proprietary AI model in a particular way and society’s interests in how the AI model should be monetised and deployed. The surest way to ignore such...

EU increases tariffs on Russian grain to hamper its war effort – but it’s European consumers who could feel the pinch (theconversation.com)

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed (theconversation.com)

Biden says the U.S. would have to invent an Israel if it didn't exist. Why? (theconversation.com)

Argentina's economic crisis: whoever wins presidential election is on a collision course with the IMF (theconversation.com)

Ditching the young entrepreneur myth: research shows over-50s are the more radical innovators (theconversation.com)

Based on data on 2,900 founders of new ventures in Germany in 2008–2017, we found that for every ten more years of age increases a founder’s likelihood to introduce a market novelty by up to 30 percent. Thus, those late-career entrepreneurs who are highly innovation-oriented and managerially experienced are more than three...