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Politics

How the Data Rescue Project is protecting data from political attacks

Lena Bohman -
With the US government's attack on access to information and data transparency, the Data Rescue Project's team of volunteers is keeping at-risk data alive
Psychology

Why behavioural science facts falter where false information flourishes

Chantal den Daas, Marie Johnston -
Misinformation spreads, in part, because its messages are short and easy to grasp - meanwhile, reality is complex, nuanced, and hard to make succinct
Science

NAD the answer? Behind the marketing hype of life-extension supplementation

Brian Goncus -
When it comes to life-extension technology, there's much current hype around NAD and NMN supplementation - but robust evidence is still lacking
Society

AI isn’t killing literature – it isn’t even close to replacing professional writers

James Machell -
While there were fears about a slop deluge flooding literature magazines, the truth is that AI lacks the inventiveness to rise above talented writers
Moral Panics

The Online Safety Act doesn’t make our children any safer

Mike Hall -
The Online Safety Act may be well-intentioned, but it is a fundamentally flawed attempt to legislate away a complex social issue.
Climate Change

When the Great Resist conspiracy conference came to the North East

David Glass -
The Great Resist meeting, and its touring band of conspiracy theorists, brought their antivax rhetoric and trans-panic messaging to Gateshead
Chemtrails

How concerned should we be about the UK’s geoengineering trials?

Michael Marshall -
As the UK endures a summer of extreme heatwaves, a controversial geoengineering trial investigates technical solutions to the climate crisis.
Science

Genetics defies any attempt to define clear categories for race and gender

Natália Pasternak -
When it comes to genetics, there is far more diversity within race or gender groups than there is between them, with only very few clear exceptions
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