Articles by Phys Org

Can artificial delegates—autonomous agents that make decisions on our behalf—help us reach better outcomes in situations where collective failure looms, such as climate change policymaking or the urgent response required during pandemics?This post was originally […]

New research from the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, in partnership with researchers at Panthéon-Sorbonne and the MIT Sloan School of Management, reveals partisan differences in which posts get flagged as misleading by the […]

ChatGPT was released to the public in late 2022, and the promise and perils of artificial intelligence (AI) have loomed large in the public consciousness ever since. Because perceptions of a new technology like AI […]

New York City’s mayoral election has become the race to watch because of its surprisingly competitive nature but also the electoral system that’s helped it become so competitive: ranked choice voting.This post was originally published […]

Israel’s conflict with Iran represents far more than another Middle Eastern crisis—it marks the emergence of a dangerous new chapter in nuclear rivalries that has the potential to reshape global proliferation risks for decades to […]

What’s the connection between roads and conflict in West Africa? This may seem like an odd question. But a study we conducted shows a close relationship between the two.This post was originally published on this […]

Research on misinformation and disinformation has become the latest casualty of the Trump administration’s restructuring of federal research priorities.This post was originally published on this website.

Thousands of British nationals are charged with drug smuggling abroad every year. The UK charity Prisoners Abroad reports a rise in the number of British people imprisoned abroad for drug offenses in 2024–25, compared to […]

Tough-on-crime rhetoric is reshaping bail laws to correct a perceived imbalance that “tips the scales in favor of the criminals against the victims.”This post was originally published on this website.

At the end of a week when President Donald Trump sent Marines and the California National Guard to Los Angeles to quell protests, Americans across the country turned out in huge numbers to protest Trump’s […]