TikTok refugees fled by the millions^[1] to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban^[2], which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app^[3] shortly before midnight on Jan. 18.

Through cat memes, shared jokes about the ban

The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to end its fact-checking^[1] program and otherwise reduce content moderation raises the question of what content on those social media platforms will look like going forward.

One worrisome

If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. The company’s Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon spacecrafts^[1] are the current go-to vehicles to deliver astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.

NASA contracts awarded to SpaceX

In evaluating the outgoing Biden administration, much news has focused on inflation, immigration or Hunter’s laptop. But as an expert^[1] on national competitiveness in science and technology^[2], I have a somewhat different emphasis. My research shows that

Meta’s decision to change its content moderation policies by replacing centralized fact-checking teams with user-generated community labeling^[1] has stirred up a storm of reactions^[2]. But taken at face value, the changes raise the question of the

In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is prized for its purported medicinal effects^[1]. Known as Ophiocordyceps sinensis – colloquially, caterpillar fungus or