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2025-04-01 @ 16.09.23 ∈ In English
Authoritarian narratives can shape Japanese public opinion, researchers find
Unlike a similar study conducted in Germany, where individuals with low political knowledge and strong authoritarian leanings were more vulnerable, Japanese respondents were broadly susceptible to illiberal narratives regardless of their political profile.
2025-03-24 @ 18.11.56 ∈ In English
2025-03-21 @ 19.56.38 ∈ In English
2025-03-21 @ 19.50.54 ∈ In English
Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence; space stations could face the same challenges
Research suggests several psychological and social factors contribute to conflict in remote locations such as Antarctica. These include prolonged isolation, extreme environmental conditions, and the necessity of constant close contact.
2025-03-20 @ 19.18.27 ∈ In English
They’d rather die: The lesson that male roundworms refuse to learn
The female worms quickly learned to draw a link between the odor of the harmful bacteria and the disease that it causes, and therefore chose to eat the other bacterium. Most males, however, failed to learn and continued consuming the harmful bacterium, even though they got just as sick.
2025-03-19 @ 15.46.41 ∈ In English
A Dutch ‘fish doorbell’ has turned into an unlikely online hit combining slow TV and ecology
When somebody watching the site sees a fish, they can click a button that sends a screenshot to organizers. When they see enough fish, they alert a water worker who opens the lock to let the fish swim through.
2025-03-11 @ 13.15.55 ∈ In English
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2025-03-08 @ 9.53.41 ∈ In English
The hidden world beneath the shadows of YouTube’s algorithm
The majority [of YouTube] exists in quiet moments, in shaky camera work and voices meant for no one in particular. [… Every] one of them is public, but it's also clear that most people didn't upload this content for strangers. It was like being let in on a secret, a sprawling, uncurated documentary of human life.
