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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Depicting worst-case climate scenarios like expanding deserts and dying coral reefs may better motivate people to support environmental policies when delivered via virtual reality, according to a research team led by Penn State that studied how VR and message framing affect the impact of environmental advocacy communications. …

The Mercury prize-winning British rapper Skepta has apologised after artwork for his single Gas Me Up (Diligent) was criticised on social media for having unintentional but palpable allusions to the Holocaust.The artwork features a group of people in matching overcoats with shaved heads, and the words “gas me up” tattooed on the head of one of them, perceived as reminiscent of the head-shaving, tattooing and gas chambers used in Nazi death camps. “Gas me up” is slang for hyping someone up or praising them.The image caused…

On 20 December, during a 135-minute-long interview on French television, dedicated to topics such as the new law on immigration, the future bill on assisted dying, the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict, Emmanuel Macron was asked about Gérard Depardieu. France’s president could have chosen to be cautious and not comment on a case that has divided France. It would probably have been wiser to have remained silent, but Macron doesn’t do caution; he speaks his mind.“You will never see me taking part in a manhunt,”…

It has certainly been something else watching the downfall of Andrew Tate unfold over the past few days. It all started when the former kickboxer attempted to troll 19-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter, for reasons known only to him, and ended with his arrest in Romania just two days later. In fact, the twists and turns have been so wild that it’s been hard not to draw comparisons to Rian Johnson’s wildly popular Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which arrived on Netflix just in time for the spectacle.…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The emotions donors feel when they decide whether to give money to nonprofits can affect the size of their gift. That's what my research team found when we partnered with a small liberal arts college during its fall fund drive. Fundraisers used their standard phone pitch when they asked around 100 alumni to…