Stories by pseudolus

G.M. announcement shakes up U.S. automakers’ transition to electric cars

Ko Panyi: A Floating Village in Thailand

Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites (2019)

Reverse Colvita Effect – Children prioritize what they hear over what they see

SpaceX violated launch license in Starship test, triggering an FAA probe

Lawmakers take aim at insidious digital “dark patterns”

More Neon, Less Sprawl

Nobel-winning scientist Paul Crutzen dies at 87 – Helped Save Ozone Layer

Life on Venus claim faces strongest challenge yet

Hedge-Fund Titans Lose Billions to Reddit Traders Running Amok

New concept for rocket thruster exploits the mechanism behind solar flares

Apple CEO links Facebook’s business model to real-world violence

All the Ways the GameStop Roller Coaster Could End

AOC calls out Robinhood for blocking GameStop, suggests holding a hearing

Covid Performance Index – Deconstructing Pandemic Responses

Facebook oversight board overrules company on most cases in first test

Website-building company Squarespace confidentially files to go public

Cloak and dagger tale behind year’s most anticipated particle physics result

Dreaming Is Like Taking LSD

Pandemic boredom research is thrilling – and might even be helpful