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Gossip is inextricably linked to our social interactions. We gossip to keep each other informed about the behavior and character of others.

German science journalist Sigrid März is the 2024 ISTA Journalist in Residence For its second year of existence, the Journalist in Residence program of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) welcomes Sigrid März to the campus community from April to June.

Freelance journalists in the UK earn less than the minimum wage, despite journalism being commonly perceived as a privileged profession, according to a new study of freelance journalists led by the University of Glasgow.

Dr Chunmeizi Su from the Discipline of Media and Communications says if we're voting yes for a TikTok ban, we're voting for a new digital cold war, further away from the globalised internet as it should be.

EXPERTS ADVISORY False information is one of the major threats people will face with multiple elections scheduled around the globe this year.

During the research, you sometimes encounter results that you did not expect. Although this was not part of the research plan, you still want to do something with it. To further develop these unexpected findings, VU projects will now receive a small top-up of up to 30,000 euros per project from NWO. With this additional contribution, societal impact can be created.

"Faszination Forschung" Magazine no. Circular Economy: Too good to go Circular strategies are intended to create sustainable material and product cycles. Multidisciplinary research groups are developing solutions for the automotive industry. Also in this issue: How Close is the Point of No Return? limatic changes often build up continuously for years, leading to a tipping point that may be irreversible.

Almost daily, we see photographs and videos of refugees in the European media. These images often unconsciously frame 'the refugee' as a victim or a threat and play into the hands of anti-migration sentiments.

Helioscopus dickersonae lived in North America in the late Jurassic period, 100 million years earlier than any previously known early gecko relative.

PhD researcher Natasja Sluijk shows how mathematics can help improve logistics processes. How do you distribute drinking water fairly across an area recently hit by a natural disaster?

One of the great unknowns in climate models: The behavior of certain gases, which often have a strong smell and cause water to condense.

Media research People in Switzerland generally have a critical attitude toward the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the production of news coverage. There is currently little appetite to consume and pay for AI-produced news, and in addition, people fear that quality will decrease. These findings are shown in the 2023 Yearbook Quality of the Media published by the Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society (fög) at the University of Zurich.

These days, we no longer believe rankings are that important, but reputation was and is a part of science.