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19Jan/23

How to spot a cyberbot – five tips to keep your device safe

January 19, 2023ScienceAdrian Winckles, Andrew Moore, Antivirus software, Artem, Botnets, Computer network security, Computer virus, Computing, Creative Commons, Cybercrime, Internet security, Multi-agent systems, Rootkit, Security, Security breaches, SHUTTERSTOCK, Spammingadmin

How to spot a cyberbot – five tips to keep your device safe

Malware is designed to hide in your device
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Adrian Winckles, Anglia Ruskin University and Andrew Moore, Anglia Ruskin University

You may know nothing about it, but your phone – or your laptop or tablet – could be taken over by someone else who has found their way in through a back door. They could have infected your device with malware to make it a “bot” or a “zombie” and be using it – perhaps with hundreds of other unwitting victims’ phones – to launch a cyberattack.

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19Jan/23

How the Fifa20 video game reproduces the racial stereotypes embedded within football

January 19, 2023GamesCreative Commons, Culture, Cultures, Esports, FIFA, Gamer, germain s, Marcus Maloney, Paul Ian Campbell, Raheem Sterling, Samantha Kerr, SHUTTERSTOCK, Soraya Murray, Stereotype, United Kingdom, Video game, Video game culture, Video gaming, Vinnie Jonesadmin

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Paul Ian Campbell, University of Leicester and Marcus Maloney, Coventry University

EA Sports’ Fifa football videogame series is arguably the most successful sports gaming franchise of all time. Since its debut in 1993, it has sold over 260 million copies across 29 iterations. This position was reaffirmed in 2022, with its latest instalment, Fifa23, reported as the UK’s highest selling videogame at Christmas.

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13Jan/23

2022 wasn’t the year of Cleopatra – so why was she the most viewed page on Wikipedia?

January 13, 2023Science.google, Alphabet Inc., Android, Bryant, Cleopatra, Creative Commons, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dublin, Elon Musk, Google Search, Jeffrey Dahmer, Johnny Depp, Julius Caesar, Murder, Open-source intelligence, Philip, SHUTTERSTOCK, Social information processing, Taha Yasseri, Ukraine, United States, Websites, Wikipedia, World Wide Webadmin

Taha Yasseri, University College Dublin

At the end of every year, I gather statistics on the most viewed Wikipedia articles of the year. This helps me, a computational social scientist, understand what topics captured the most attention and gives me a chance to reflect on the major public events of the year. I try to use data to determine how the public (and more specifically here, English-language Wikipedia readers) will collectively remember the past year.

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21Dec/22

Why do people feel lonely at Christmas? Here’s what the research says

December 21, 2022ReasearchAndrea Wigfield, Articles, Caregiving, Chronic condition, Creative Commons, Emotions, Friendship, Human behavior, Interpersonal relationships, John Ratcliffe, London, Loneliness, Philosophy of love, SHUTTERSTOCK, Social connection, Social isolation, United Kingdom, Young careradmin

Andrea Wigfield, Sheffield Hallam University and John Ratcliffe, Sheffield Hallam University

Christmas is said to be a time for connecting with friends, family and having fun. But it can also be time of loneliness. Indeed, the results of a 2018 survey looking at loneliness during Christmas time in the UK revealed that 17% of people felt more lonely over the festive period.

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17Dec/22

Bad hangovers? Why genetics, personality and coping mechanisms can make a difference

December 17, 2022Food and DrinkAlcohol abuse, Anxiety, Articles, Binge drinking, Craig Gunn, Creative Commons, Drinking culture, Hangover, Headaches, Human behavior, Psychiatric diagnosis, Psychoactive drugs, Psychological stress, SHUTTERSTOCK, Stressadmin

Craig Gunn, University of Bristol

After a good night out you may not be surprised when you wake up feeling rough the next morning. But what may surprise you is if your friends aren’t feeling the same way. Some may feel worse, some better and some (if they’re lucky) may not feel any of the negative consequences at all.

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15Dec/22

Why I’m righting the wrongs of my early research and sharing my scientific data with local communities

December 15, 2022ScienceArticles, Botswana, Countries, Creative Commons, Field research, Knowledge, Michael Crichton, Research, Sallie Burrough, Sarah Mothulatshipi, Science, Scientific method, SHUTTERSTOCK, United Kingdomadmin

Sallie Burrough, University of Oxford

“You know what’s wrong with scientific power? It’s a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.” That’s how filmmaker Michael Crichton put it in Jurassic Park nearly 30 years ago. The problem of scientific colonialism has not, however, gone away.

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15Dec/22

‘It’s like being in a warzone’ – A&E nurses open up about the emotional cost of working on the NHS frontline

December 15, 2022HealthcareAfghanistan, Arlie Hochschild, Creative Commons, Emergency department, Health, Jill Maben, Kate Kirk, London, National Health Service, Nursing, Obstetrical nursing, Pediatric nursing, SHUTTERSTOCK, United Kingdomadmin

Kate Kirk, University of Leicester

As nurses prepare to strike for the first time, an A&E nurse and lecturer in Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare writes about the stress, fear, grief and guilt they feel every day working on the frontline of an NHS in crises.

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12Dec/22

Daydreaming’s dark side: the compulsive, complex fantasy disorder that dominates some people’s daily lives

December 12, 2022Human InterestAnxiety, Creative Commons, Giulia Poerio, Human behavior, Imagination, Maladaptive daydreaming, Mental health, Psychiatric diagnosis, Psychiatry, SHUTTERSTOCKadmin

Giulia Poerio, University of Sussex

Despite what we’re often taught to believe, daydreaming can be immensely useful. Not only can it be a source of pleasure and a way to relieve boredom, research shows that our ability to mentally escape the present can also boost creativity, problem-solving and planning, and provide an antidote to loneliness.

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15Nov/22

8 billion people: why trying to control the population is often futile – and harmful

November 15, 2022Human InterestAcademic disciplines, China, Creative Commons, Demographics, Demography, Elon Musk, Environmental social science, Fertility, Human overpopulation, India, Japan, Jasmine Fledderjohann, Melanie Channon, Nigeria, Population, Population ecology, Population growth, Population momentum, SHUTTERSTOCK, Total fertility rate, United Kingdom, World populationadmin

Melanie Channon, University of Bath and Jasmine Fledderjohann, Lancaster University

The world’s population is expected to hit 8 billion people on November 15, according to the UN. Already this has prompted worry about whether there will be enough food, water and energy to support our growing population. While human activity is undoubtedly driving the climate crisis, population growth is a red herring.

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04Nov/22

How a quest for mathematical truth and complex models can lead to useless scientific predictions – new research

November 4, 2022Science.google, Academic disciplines, Applied mathematics, Arnald Puy, Articles, Assumption, Creative Commons, Economic model, Environmental science, Gerd Gigerenzer, Hydrology, Mathematical model, Physical geography, Prediction, Scientific modeling, Scientific modelling, Sensitivity analysis, SHUTTERSTOCK, United Statesadmin

Arnald Puy, University of Birmingham

A dominant view in science is that there is a mathematical truth structuring the universe. It is assumed that the scientist’s job is to decipher these mathematical relations: once understood, they can be translated into mathematical models. Running the resulting “silicon reality” in a computer may then provide us with useful insights into how the world works.

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