Philadelphia had 46 neighborhood mass shootings over 10 years, Temple-led team finds
Researchers defined mass shootings based on time, location, and number of victims; examined media coverageCredit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, ...
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The smell of old books could help preserve them
Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b01279 Old books give off a complex mélange of odors, ranging from pleasant ...
What Reddit’s basketball fans can tell us about online discourse
Credit: Zhang et al. 2019 Basketball season kicked off last month and with it comes the return of the most ...
The secrets behind a creepy photographic technique
Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03205 In the 1960s, a French artist named Jean-Pierre Sudre began experimenting with ...
Drones help map Iceland’s disappearing glaciers
A new 3D process which involves old aerial photos and modern-day drone photography has shed light on accelerated ice loss ...
Evidence of humans, not ‘bots,’ key to uncovering disinformation campaigns
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Political disinformation campaigns on social media threaten to sway political outcomes, ...
What use do teenagers make of YouTube?
An article published in the journal Information, Communication & Society by Fernanda Pires, Carlos A. Scolari and Maria-José Masanet,examines teenagers' ...
Use of social media is taking place both online and offline
Credit: Lovisa Sköld Social media has changed how people interact. However, social media use is neither static or specifically linked ...
Society is rejecting facts; medical researchers can help
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University One study says coffee is good for you, while another study says that it's ...
Dictators’ love-hate relationship with digital communication technology
Credit: University of Konstanz Modern protest movements, from the Arab Spring to Fridays for Future to the current protests in ...
Aerial photographs shed light on Mont Blanc ice loss
100 years of climate change visible in the AlpsCredit: Walter Mittelholzer, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich & Dr Kieran Baxter, University of Dundee ...
‘Personalized dj’ music playlist algorithm matches songs to listeners’ changing moods
Credit: Lauren Gerson, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- Imagine having a disc jockey ...
Teen study reveals how schools influence e-cigarette use, outlines prevention strategies
Credit: Unsplash: Lucas Clarysse When e-cigarettes hit the U.S. market in 2007, they were promoted to adult smokers as a ...
Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures
How people interpret musical notes depends on the types of music they have listened to, researchers findCredit: Josh McDermott CAMBRIDGE, ...