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In 2022, after Elon Musk bought what’s now X, the company laid off 80% of its content moderation team and made Community Notes the platform’s main form of fact-checking.This post was originally published on this […]

Social media use has long been part of the everyday lives of most children and adolescents. Many of them exhibit risky, and in some cases even addictive, behavior. While social media use can certainly have […]

Women, non-native English speakers and those from lower-income countries published fewer English-language peer-reviewed papers than men, native English speakers and those from higher-income countries, according to a study published September 18 in the open-access journal […]

Although each generation seems to adopt a particular palette, it would be simplistic to view this as a biological or universal phenomenon. While color is the visual effect produced by the spectral composition of light […]

In 2025, the rapid rise of artificial intelligence access for the public at large also means growing concern about the mental health impact of screen time on children and their AI engagement.This post was originally […]

After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups foment political violence in the U.S., and “they should be put in jail.”This post was […]

Regardless of political affiliation, Americans took greater precautions during the height of the pandemic to avoid getting sick when COVID hospitalizations and deaths spiked, a comprehensive national survey conducted by Northeastern University researchers has found.This […]

For years, employees who worked remotely were often regarded as less committed and less influential than their office-bound peers. But new research suggests that hierarchy is shifting—and that distributed workforces may feel more equal than […]

Exposure to body-positive imagery and humorous content parodying negative body stereotypes on social media inspires women to take action against unrealistic beauty standards, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.This post was […]

Individuals who like to think critically are better at identifying false information online, while those with conservative political affiliations struggle more with detecting fake medical information on social media, according to a PLOS One study.This […]