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To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

Reflect Orbital said it can minimize the effects of its light pollution by rotating the mirrors away from Earth when they're not in use. "Our service is highly localized," company representatives told ...

The Trump administration’s abusive efforts to repurpose millions of federal records and funnel them into a centralized government database represent a systemic shift toward a consolidation of ...

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...

Social media use is widespread and continues to grow. The most popular social media site, Facebook, is used by 68% of Americans and the average American spends over two hours a day on social media.

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

Forward-looking: A California startup is looking to space to solve the limits of ground-based solar power. Reflect Orbital is developing a constellation of satellites with giant Mylar mirrors to beam ...

The problem with solar panels is that they only work during the daylight hours. But what if you could use satellites to reflect sunbeams down to Earth even at night? Ben Nowack is obsessed with energy ...

After two and a half years we have enough data to form a clearer picture about who is using AI, what they are using it for, what they think about it, and what it means for learning. What do students ...

The Alto apartment complexes, a new development in Fairfield, pictured in 2023. A recent report found that the demographics of land use boards in Fairfield and New London Counties don't reflect the ...

Either way, let’s not be in denial about it. Credit...Illustration by Christoph Niemann Supported by By Kevin Roose and Casey Newton Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are the hosts of The Times’s “Hard ...