QAnon adherents and other far-right influencers are making thousands of dollars broadcasting election and vaccine conspiracy theories on the streaming site.
Vaccine Skepticism Was Viewed as a Knowledge Problem. It’s Actually About Gut Beliefs.
Identifying those psychological traits may help health officials convince the sizable minority of Americans who don’t want a coronavirus vaccine. Simply sharing information hasn’t worked.
The Wild West of political data sales can score candidates big money but raise privacy concerns. Here's how one politician is benefiting.
California Democrat Christy Smith, who's running to win one of the nation's most competitive seats, made $55,000 earlier this year from renting supporters' personal information.
Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe
Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay, but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy.
Colorado skier safety bill fails to make it out of committee vote | VailDaily.com
A bill that would require Colorado ski areas to share safety strategies as well as statistics revealing injuries and fatalities didn’t make it out of a committee vote Thursday in Denver after hours of emotional…
Overdose Deaths Have Surged During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Data Shows
The latest numbers surpass even the yearly tolls during the height of the opioid epidemic and mark a reversal of progress against addiction in recent years.
Is Alzheimer's disease a Type 3 Diabetes? A critical appraisal - ScienceDirect
Recently researchers proposed the term ‘Type-3-Diabetes’ for Alzheimer's disease (ad) because of the shared molecular and cellular features among Type…
Open data standards design behind closed doors? - ILDA
Ana Brandusescu (McGill University) Michael Canares (StepUp Consulting) Silvana Fumega (ILDA) In June 2020, we had the opportunity to join a discussion on open contracting and inclusion organised by ...
A group (Jack Harlow, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd) performs a rap explaining cryptocurrency.Saturday Night Live. Stream now on Peacock: https://pck.tv/3uQxh4qS...
Machine learning ethics: 3 key considerations for government | Apolitical
The stakes are high when it comes to using machine learning in government. Building these three key considerations into your work should help you prevent your project from causing unintended harm.
For over a decade, the image of a young girl smirking in the foreground as a home in the background is engulfed in flames has circulated as fodder for countless memes. The picture, known simply as…