Democracy doesn't know what's coming.

Synthetic survey respondents tend to exaggerate differences between demographic subgroups and portray some responses as nearly universal.

Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people."

Despite AI fears, a new poll shows few Americans know about the Pentagon's AI-assisted massacres.

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...

At the core of the Hugging Face hacking incident were a series of human choices that traded security for speed.

Sophie Cunningham set off a firestorm. Jennifer Sey was ready to capitalize.

Three meanings of “information” are distinguished: “Information-as-process”; “information-as-knowledge”; and “information-as-thing,” the attributive use of “information” to denote things regarded as ...

Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.

In Data Cartels, legal scholar Sarah Lamdan exposes the shadowy industry built around collecting, packaging, and selling our personal data. She reveals how powerful companies hoard information and ...

An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.

In 1936, the Czech track star Zdeněk Koubek became world-famous after undergoing surgery so that he could live openly as a man.

“[An] electrifying debut…Through in-depth and compassionate reporting, Barnes breaks down the misunderstood science surrounding sex and gender that has b...

The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.

Since the very beginning of women’s sports, there has been a struggle to define who, exactly, gets to compete in the women’s category. A century later, this struggle is still very much alive.

As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, public libraries are stepping up as cooling centers and shelters – often without dedicated funding.

As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, public libraries are stepping up as cooling centers and shelters – often without dedicated funding.

As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, public libraries are stepping up as cooling centers and shelters – often without dedicated funding.

This research advances scholarship on climate justice and its gendered dimensions by producing original evidence on environmental health disparities among queer populations. The study objectives inclu...

The climate crisis puts trans people at elevated risk—but community responses are offering resilience

The climate crisis puts trans people at elevated risk—but community responses are offering resilience

Did 47 Alabama newspapers die on a single day and no one noticed? (Hint: No, they didn't.)