Reddit moderators do $3.4 million worth of unpaid work each year
24 June 2022
Volunteers who maintain the standard of content on Reddit’s forums do 466 hours of work every day – labour that would cost 2.8 per cent of the firm’s revenue
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Vaccines could usher in a precise and kinder era of cancer treatment
22 June 2022
For too long the leading treatments for cancer have been pretty brutal for patients, but personalised vaccines are showing promise for destroying tumours with few side effects
Digging into the return of an 80-year-old meme, the turbo-encabulator
22 June 2022
A retro meme that fondly satirises absurd technical language is still bringing engineers joy, finds Annalee Newitz, who is ready for the crypto version
Why elite universities like Cambridge must ditch big oil funding
22 June 2022
While institutions like Cambridge talk up climate action, they also maintain partnerships with the fossil fuel giants driving climate catastrophe. This must stop, says Zak Coleman
Europe swelters as extreme heatwaves arrive unusually early this year
21 June 2022
Extreme heat is causing problems for farmers, firefighters and energy generation in Europe, showing why climate change adaptation should be taken seriously
Melting ice could open up an Arctic Sea route not controlled by Russia
20 June 2022
The Russia-controlled Northern Sea Route is one of the only ways ships can sail through the Arctic. Melting sea ice could open passages around it by 2035
How much do food miles matter and should you buy local produce?
20 June 2022
Despite a study claiming that food-mile emissions are higher than previously thought, eating less animal produce remains much more important than how far your food travels
Future of UK farming up for grabs ahead of government land use plan
20 June 2022
A fierce debate is taking place over the future of the UK farming, and how to feed people while fixing the biodiversity and climate crises
The universe is surprisingly lopsided and we don't know why
18 June 2022
Two analyses of a million galaxies show that their distribution may not be symmetrical, which may mean that our understandings of gravity and the early universe are incorrect
Quantum microphone works even better than a regular one
17 June 2022
By detecting tiny movements of particles of light, a quantum microphone has recorded human speech that is easier to understand than if it is captured by an equivalent classical version
