A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns – new research (theconversation.com)
AI disinformation is a threat to elections − learning to spot Russian, Chinese and Iranian meddling in other countries can help the US prepare for 2024 (Pluto: Fake news, but take a look for yourself) (theconversation.com)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/742103...
Climate change is altering animal brains and behavior − a neuroscientist explains how (theconversation.com)
What Manchester Museum’s return of 174 Indigenous artefacts tells us about the future of museums (theconversation.com)
A focus on relationships is relatively new. But if museums are to remain relevant, trusted institutions they need to move beyond traditional models of authority.
Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration (theconversation.com)
India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the Moon’s surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur, a useful resource, could pave the way for future Moon bases
Glass: Neither a solid nor a liquid, this common yet complicated material is still surprising scientists (theconversation.com)
Special votes mean National and ACT will likely lose their majority (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.
Returning to the Moon can benefit commercial, military and political sectors – a space policy expert explains (theconversation.com)
Why Australia banning live animal exports may be a net loss for animal welfare (theconversation.com)
Biden says the U.S. would have to invent an Israel if it didn't exist. Why? (theconversation.com)
Decades of encouraging recycling in the US have crowded out messaging on reducing the amount of plastics and non-recyclable wastes, with many consumers confused about what can actually be recycled ... (theconversation.com)
New research shows that Americans may have absorbed public messaging about the importance of recycling too well.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school – but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga (theconversation.com)
Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI (theconversation.com)
Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation (theconversation.com)
Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that (theconversation.com)
Is social media fuelling political polarisation? (theconversation.com)
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Is social media fuelling political polarisation? (theconversation.com)
Once upon a time, newly minted graduates dreamt of creating online social media that would bring people closer together....
ChatGPT and the movie ‘Her’ are just the latest example of the ‘sci-fi feedback loop’ (theconversation.com)
AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk (theconversation.com)
Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over legal protections for the Sackler family that owned the company (theconversation.com)
China’s war games near Taiwan threaten international peace and security, researcher says (theconversation.com)
By Kuan-Wei Chen, Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University...
China’s war games near Taiwan threaten international peace and security, researcher says (theconversation.com)
By Kuan-Wei Chen, Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University...