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Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2023 Long duration space exploration is no longer a fantasy, with Elon Musk claiming to launch astronauts to Mars as early as 2029. The substantial increase in spaceflight duration required for a Mars mission has resulted in a stronger focus on behavioural ...
Laura J. Thomas
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“X is the voice of the people”: How Elon Musk styles X as a newsroom
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsSince purchasing Twitter in October 2022, Elon Musk has branded the platform as a decentralized newsroom operated by and for citizens. While this assertion can easily be dismissed as performative, contradictory, and self-serving, Musk and his platform ...
Rose See
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Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia de CulturaThe study focuses on the transformation of the Twitter platform following its acquisition by Elon Musk. Through desk research, we examine how cost reductions and the declared support for freedom of speech influence the spread of anti- Semitic posts.
Michal Radošinský, Tomáš Tinák
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsAdopting electric vehicles (EVs) can substantially reduce households’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In August 2023, we surveyed 633 U.S. adults about their intentions to adopt 30 GHG-reducing actions.
Alexandra Flores +6 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
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The Connection Between the Nervous System and Machines: Commentary
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019 Decades of technological developments have populated the field of brain-machine interfaces and neuroprosthetics with several replacement strategies, neural modulation treatments, and rehabilitation techniques to improve the quality of life for patients ...
Valle, Giacomo
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
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Ground control to Elon Musk: Stability implications of satellite mega-constellations
European Journal of International SecurityOuter space is increasingly central to international security. The use of Starlink in the Russo–Ukrainian war has enabled Ukrainian operations while negating Russian interference. Having witnessed Starlink’s crucial impact in Ukraine, several states seek
Jonas Vidhammer Berge
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2000s have witnessed a significant, worldwide boom in new art museums founded by private, wealthy collectors. While the arts have long been a key arena for the remaking of elite distinction and the reproduction of inequalities, this surge in private museums has sparked much controversy.
Sara de Andrade Silva +2 more
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Social SciencesSocial media have been fundamental in the daily lives of millions of people, but they have raised concerns about content moderation policies, the management of personal data, and their commercial exploitation.
Simón Peña-Fernández +2 more
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