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Economics & Business Mar 21, 2024

Batter up (or not): Pro baseball players with longer contracts don't always work as hard

Major League Baseball's opening day is March 28, and chances are, some players will be working a bit harder this season than others.

Social Sciences Mar 21, 2024

Advertising drives online gambling among young Australians

Gambling features such as loot boxes in video games and sports betting are the most popular forms of online gambling among young adults in the ACT, with many introduced to it before the age of 18, according to a new report ...

Political science Mar 20, 2024

Terrorist content lurks all over the internet—regulating only six major platforms won't be nearly enough

Australia's eSafety commissioner has sent legal notices to Google, Meta, Telegram, WhatsApp, Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) asking them to show what they're doing to protect Australians from online extremism. The six companies ...

Political science Feb 28, 2024

AI chatbots not ready for election prime time, study shows

In a year when more than 50 countries are holding national elections, a new study shows the risks posed by the rise of artificial intelligence chatbots in disseminating false, misleading or harmful information to voters.

Social Sciences Jan 19, 2024

Alarming extent of gambling-related messages during live ice hockey, basketball coverage

A new study has exposed for the first time the vast proliferation of gambling marketing during live TV screenings and social media promotion of National Hockey League (NHL) and National Basketball Association (NBA) games ...

Social Sciences Dec 19, 2023

Will gutted safeguards doom social media—and the election—in 2024?

Sometimes it seems like one year in the world of social media is the equivalent of five years everywhere else. Conversations, information, and controversies all move faster, and the state of play is constantly changing.

Social Sciences Nov 21, 2023

Abuse of female athletes goes unchecked on mainstream social media sites

Social media posts that abuse female athletes can remain unmoderated on the official social media accounts of major sports clubs, new research has shown.

Social Sciences Nov 9, 2023

Researchers blur the gender of soccer players and have people rate their performances, with surprising results

During the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, the telecommunications company Orange ran a powerful TV ad. It depicts the graceful agility and dramatic goal-scoring shots from French national players such as Antoine Griezmann, Kylian ...

Social Sciences Oct 30, 2023

Business owners: Nostalgia sells on social media

There's a good reason those Budweiser Clydesdale commercials are viewer favorites—they ooze nostalgia.

Optics & Photonics Oct 18, 2023

Vectorial spin-orbital Hall effect of light upon tight focusing and experimental observation in azopolymer films

A soccer player can kick a static ball on its side, forcing the ball to rotate and travel in an arc trajectory, left or right curved, depending on the ball's rotation sense. This requires skill/experience. And if the ball ...

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