People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

This report from the Pew-Knight Initiative looks at how Americans think about their role in the news environment. Why we did this With information coming at people faster than ever before, and a ...

From the moment you take a sip, drinking starts to influence your biology. Here’s an inside look. Credit... Supported by By Dana G. Smith Illustrations by Montse Galbany Dry January has come and gone, ...

Bitcoin’s BIP-360 introduces P2MR to reduce quantum risk. Here is what changes, what trade-offs come with it and what it does not fix.

Deloitte’s 2025 Digital Media Trends survey found that the average American spent just under one hour per day on social media, with Gen Zers and millennials putting in the most time. While you might ...

If you’re going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. TikTok, and many other platforms, use a “black-box” algorithm — an AI recommendation system that studies what captures ...

Daylight Saving Time in 2026 will begin on Sunday, March 8, when clocks "spring forward" one hour. The time change results in a loss of one hour of sleep in the spring. The goal of DST is to conserve ...

Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...

Weeks of frigid cold, which morphed snow mounds into immovable, roadside icebergs, have added motivation to an annual question. When does spring 2026 start? It’s been a harder winter than in recent ...