Society

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 signatures.This post […]

Since the rise of the internet and social media, society has become well-acquainted with the idea of “virality” as the rapid spread of ideas and information (or misinformation). The relatively recent COVID-19 pandemic also reminded […]

Within two days of launching its AI companions last month, Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot app Grok became the most popular app in Japan.This post was originally published on this website.

It has been a challenging few weeks for both the AFL and LGBTQIA+ communities, with a sixth incident of homophobia in the men’s competition since the league’s crackdown on this damaging language.This post was originally […]

When Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Instagram this week, the post wasn’t just news; it was an event fans felt personally invested in. The photos of Swift showing off her new […]

Paula Clare Harper, AB’10, studies music, sound and the internet. An assistant professor of music at the University of Chicago, she coedited a collection of essays brought together in the book “Taylor Swift: The Star, […]

In the discussion around artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, Sanmay Das has found one constant: While many people believe that some jobs can be replaced by AI, they believe that their own job is far […]

Australians have been shocked by the news two police officers were killed in rural Victoria when a 56-year-old man allegedly shot them before fleeing into the bush.This post was originally published on this website.

The Queensland government will this week table legislation creating Australia’s first public child sex offender register.This post was originally published on this website.

Professionals working in education, policing and safeguarding are often falling back on narrow, behavior-focused definitions of “harmful sexual behavior” that ignore the real-life social pressures young people face, according to new research from the University […]