When I taught research methods to undergraduates, I would start by asking whether anyone in the class had $20. Though harder to come by thanks to digital payment options, inevitably someone would produce a $20 bill. I would then ask whether they knew how the bill came to look the way it does. Students would take guesses – often rooted...
How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation
Social media platforms tend not to be that bothered by national boundaries.
Take X, for example. Users of what was once called Twitter span the globe, with its 600 millions-plus active accounts[1] dotted across nearly every country[2]. And each of those jurisdictions has its own laws.
But the interests of national regulatory efforts and that...
What causes the powerful winds that fuel dust storms, wildfires and blizzards? A weather scientist explains
Windstorms can seem like they come out of nowhere, hitting with a sudden blast. They might be hundreds of miles long, stretching over several states, or just in your neighborhood.
But they all have one thing in common: a change in air pressure.
Just like air rushing out of your car tire when the valve is open, air in the atmosphere is...
Atlantic sturgeon were fished almost to extinction − ancient DNA reveals how Chesapeake Bay population changed over centuries
Sturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal scutes and a sharklike tail fin, this group of several-hundred-pound beasts has survived for approximately 160 million years[1]. Because their physical appearance has changed very little over time, supported by a slow rate...