By Alex Fisher, Society for Applied Philosophy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leeds
Many women have experienced severe distress as Grok, the AI chatbot on social media site X, removed clothing from their images to show them in bikinis, in sexual positions or covered in blood and bruises. Grok, like other AI tools, has also reportedly been used to generate child sexual abuse material.
In response, the UK government has announced it will bring forward the implementation of a law, passed in June 2025, banning the creation of non-consensual AI-generated…
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By Enrique Gaztanaga, Professor of Astrophysics at Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth
Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time — shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a misunderstanding of work by physicists Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen.
In 1935, while studying the behaviour of particles in regions of extreme gravity, Einstein and Rosen introduced what they called a “bridge”: a mathematical link between two perfectly symmetrical copies of spacetime. It was not intended as a passage for travel, but as a way to maintain…
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By Aaron Coy Moulton, Associate Professor of Latin American History, Stephen F. Austin State University
US lawmakers who opposed Guatemala’s democratically elected leaders alleged communist subterfuge. They didn’t mention the United Fruit Company’s complaints before the 1954 coup.
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By Michele Patterson Ford, Lecturer in Psychology, Dickinson College
New Year’s resolutions typically fade so quickly that there is a ‘Quitter’s Day’ named after them, for the second Friday in January. But small actions and shifts in mindset can have much longer-lasting beneficial effects.
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By Stephen Acabado, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
As climate extremes intensify, adaptation debates favor new technologies. Terraces in the Philippines and Morocco show how people modified their landscapes to respond to past climate shifts.
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By Morgan Marietta, Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
The high court recognizes a person’s right to self-defense with firearms but has also upheld the government’s power to enforce limits on that right.
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By Sean Richey, Professor, Georgia State University
Fostering a sense of pride in local communities increases citizen participation, including, at a bare minimum, voting in municipal elections.
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By Matt Brooks, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
Karin Brewster, Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
In 2024, the most recent year for which we have data, an estimated 1 million immigrants from Venezuela lived in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, these Venezuelans constitute about 2% of the total immigrant population.
We are demographers – social scientists…
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By Evelyn Valdez-Ward, Postdoctoral Fellow in Science Communication, University of Rhode Island
Nic Bennett, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Science Communication, Michigan State University
Robert N. Ulrich, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles
Scientists have traditionally focused on educating the public on science or correcting misinformation. But researchers from marginalized communities often have broader goals in science communication.
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By Kerry E. Ratigan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Amherst College
Beijing may benefit from the US retreat from international norms and a vision of a world split into ‘sphere of influence.’
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