Facebook Is Failing in Global Disinformation Fight, Says Former Worker

Investor group criticizes Activision for “inadequate” harassment response

Enlarge / Activision’s Los Angeles offices. (credit: Getty Images) A major activist investor group is putting public pressure on Activision Blizzard, saying that recent statements from the company regarding allegations of widespread harassment and discrimination “do not go nearly far enough to address the deep and widespread issues with equity, inclusion, and human capital management […]

Attempt to “red team” climate research comes to a pathetic and confused end

Enlarge (credit: NASA) The reality of climate change has frequently put the Trump administration in an awkward position. Determined to set policies that ignored climate change and staffed by political appointees that refused to accept it, the administration nonetheless found itself responsible for scientists who kept publishing reports filled with awkward facts. The administration’s response […]

It’s the wombat’s strange intestines, not its anus, that produces cubed poo

Enlarge / Look at this lovely cube-shaped piece of poo, courtesy of the Australian bare-nosed wombat. (credit: Patricia J. Yang et al., 2021) Scientists have been puzzling for decades over how the Australian bare-nosed wombat poops out neat little cubes of feces instead of tapered cylinders like pretty much all other animals. According to a new […]