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'Squid Game' and the ‘untranslatable’: The debate around subtitles explained
Why are so many people online so mad about the English subtitles in 'Squid Game'?
By Jinhyun Cho, Macquarie University
Why fitness trackers may not give you all the ‘credit’ you hoped for
Wearable fitness trackers have less accuracy when used in certain ways
By Katie Siek
An Earth-sized planet found in the habitable zone of a nearby star
NASA scientists have discovered a new planet orbiting around a nearby star that is in a habitable zone. But does this planet have liquid oceans that can support life?
By RAVI KUMAR KOPPARAPU
Ancestry test customers are sending their DNA data to third-party websites
People want to learn more from their DNA.
By Sarah Catherine Nelson
Big tech surveillance could damage democracy
Big tech companies compete over data, while countries use it against their own citizens.
By Chase Johnson
The question you should never ask women – period
Whether someone is menstruating is none of your business. Even inquiring about it reinforces attitudes and assumptions that hold women back.
By Melissa K. Ochoa
High-tech fishing gear could help save critically endangered right whales
North Atlantic right whales are headed toward a traumatic extinction, but could rebound if humans can get out of their way.
By Michael Moore and Hannah Myers
How the new ‘Aladdin’ stacks up against a century of Hollywood stereotyping
While the 2019 'Aladdin' is a big improvement from the 1992 version, it still recycles some old tropes.
By Evelyn Alsultany
How Uber and other digital platforms could trick us using behavioral science – unless we act fast
Data and behavioral science create the dangerous potential to exploit users for profit.
By Abbey Stemler, Joshua E. Perry, and Todd Haugh
When surprising your kids goes horribly awry
When your kids don't react to that Disneyland trip like you'd expected...
By Jenna Drenten
How new fathers use private online groups to make sense of their roles
When it comes to talking about parenting, some fathers would rather do it anonymously than in public online spaces.
By Tawfiq Ammari
Why Mister Rogers’ message of love and kindness is good for your health
Be happy, be healthy.
By Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
How advertisers target female runners like those in the Boston Marathon
What runners are seeing in the media can tell us a lot about what it means to be a runner today.
By Carly Drake
March for Our Lives awakened the spirit of student and media activism of the 1960s
"If I was going to die, I wanted to die doing what I love, and that's storytelling."
By Errol Salamon
How free laptops in Madagascar offer kids information and tools for self-expression
Computer use in Madagascar tended to be a collective experience rather than an individual practice.
By Sandra Nogry
How Stephen Hawking became an accidental ambassador for assistive technology
Hawking showed how tech can enhance human independence, regardless of limitations.
By Martin E. Blair
Why are there so few published female scientists?
Gender bias almost certainly plays a role.
By Ione Fine and Alicia Shen, University of Washington
These college courses give students free money — so they can donate it all away
Students were more interested in donating to and volunteering at local nonprofits after taking the classes.
By Jodi Benenson, David Campbell, and Lindsey McDougle
Millions of refugees could benefit from big data — but we're not using it
Such rolling data could be a game-changer for officials on the front lines of the crisis.
By Anirudh V. S. Ruhil, Professor of Leadership & Public Affairs, Ohio University
Who benefits most when kids learn to code? Tech companies.
These education initiatives often benefit big tech companies more than students or workers.
By Kate M. Miltner, Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Dancing with robots could help Parkinson's patients' balance
New research shows that dancers' movement patterns carry over into their everyday lives.
By Lena Ting and Madeleine Eve Hackney
Here's why flamingos are so incredibly good at standing on one leg
Scientists are closer to solving an animal mystery.
By Paul Rose
Australian Twitter communities are more diverse than you might think
Echo chamber or nah.
By Axel Bruns
'Superstars of STEM' want to engage more women in science and here's how
The group plans is to identify 30 superstar women currently in STEM, and work with them to create role models for young women and girls
By Lisa Harvey-Smith
Your headphones aren't spying on you, but your apps are. Here's why.
Lawyers are contending that Bose’s actions amount to illegal wire tapping.
By David Glance
