This Chart Shows the Unequal State of Access to Fintech Services in America
What good are financial technologies if low-income folks don't have high-speed Internet to access them?
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What Sorts of Science Stories Do We Read on Facebook?
New research offers a step toward understanding how Facebook users find science news in this age of quick content circulation.
Tracking Seasonal Sea Ice in Real Time
Scientists, government officials, and industry representatives from around the world are working to improve sea ice forecasting in the Arctic.
Fake News Is Our Fault
Falsehoods spread faster and deeper into the Twittersphere—and humans, not bots, are to blame.
Can Technology Really ‘Give Voice’ to Disabled People?
Beyond the hype and hyperbole, technologies largely thought to universally empower the "voiceless" are still subject to disempowering structural inequalities.
‘I Approve This Message’ Has an Unwelcome Subtext
New research finds the famous tagline on political ads makes issue-oriented attacks seem more legitimate.
Going Beyond the STEM Trend, Ireland Pushes Philosophy
While investor Bill Miller's recent $75 million university endowment for philosophy astonished Americans, Ireland has gone one step further: introducing the subject to high school students.
Are Foreign-Influenced Social Media Campaigns Part of the New Political Playbook?
Foreign governments, taking a page from the Russian election playbook, have begun to realize the outsized impact subliminal social media campaigns can have on Americans. Have social media campaigns become the new lobbying de rigueur?
The Future of Health-Care Technology Is Already in Your Pocket
An app designed at Johns Hopkins is saving patients' lives—and the hospital thousands of dollars.
India’s Revolutionary Model of Economic Growth
The country is attempting to simultaneously support high-end technological initiatives while also providing the basic necessities for wider swaths of its populace.