Fake news works at a cognitive level to shape our perceptions and drive our decisions. Shutterstock Fake news grabs our attention, produces false memories and appeals to our emotions by Rachel Anne Barr, Université Laval “Fake news” is a relatively new term, yet it’s now seen as one of the greatest threats to democracy and […]
Learn more →OP ED: James “JB” Bryson: Since all of us are now reading of the Martinelli “punctures”, and now Varelaleaks, I still have some lingering questions about the “who” and the “why” behind certain things myself. Though admittedly not nearly as high profile. As I post each day with my own …
Learn more →What the shipping industry is trying to control, without poisoning the marine environment. Graphic by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Ship hues and ecosystems by Pitamber Kaushik Panama has the world’s largest shipping fleet. It is also an ecological bastion and a biodiversity hot spot. Its tropical waters are home to numerous endemic marine species […]
Learn more →5G is being positioned by certain actors as a catalyst for accumulation and dispossession. Graphic by ALAI. 5G networks – a critical perspective by Peter Bloom — ALAI In many countries around the region, we are beginning to hear about the need to install 5G networks if national economies are to remain competitive. While mobile […]
Learn more →When you get to a certain buzzardly old age, crises are not as exciting.Cuando llegas a ser un pavón de cierta edad, las crisis no son tan emocionantes The Panama News and its PayPal account were partially disabled, but they are fine now. An urgent notice from WordPress about the need to update the PHP, […]
Learn more →Hurricane Dorian, seen from the International Space Station. NASA photo by Christina Koch. What the top Democratic presidential candidates are saying about climate change Joe Biden “The fact of the matter is that we make up 15 percent of the problem. The rest of the world makes up 80, 85 percent of the problem.” Bernie […]
Learn more →RWBrooks/Shutterstock.com Climate crisis: migration cannot be the only option for people living on ‘drowning’ islands by Becky Alexis-Martin, Manchester Metropolitan University; James Dyke, University of Exeter; Jonathon Turnbull, University of Cambridge, and Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University The evidence of the climate crisis is now undeniable. But state responses to climate change often have social […]
Learn more →To get SUSTAINABLY spaced out, know about this technology article and photos by Eric Jackson What to do when our planet has a much larger population that’s jammed into mega-cities and needs to be fed? Especially if, due to climate change, mobile evolving blights and rising seas, a lot of once-arable land is no longer […]
Learn more →Detecting deepfakes by looking closely reveals a way to protect against them by Siwei Lyu, University at Albany, State University of New York Are any of these faces real? meyer_solutions/Shutterstock.com Deepfake videos are hard for untrained eyes to detect because they can be quite realistic. Whether used as personal weapons of revenge, to […]
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