How does campaign finance work in regard to digital ads in the US?
/We break down how campaigns are allowed to spend money on digital ads, what disclaimers are required, and the problems with the current system.
Read MoreHow should we think about our data? An interview with David Caroll
/Point recently spoke with David Carroll – Associate Professor of Media Design at the New School and a starring figure in the Netflix documentary, The Great Hack – about how we as social media users should think about our data and the ways it's used.
Read MoreThe benefits of physical touch
/“In an increasingly digitized world where we text more and meet face-to-face less, it's important to remember the physical and mental benefits of human touch. Consensual, positive physical contact improves our well-being…” Read more.
Read MoreNaturally funny: Wildlife photographs offer light-hearted approach to conservation
/“Each year, photographers submit their more hilarious wildlife snapshots to the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Here are some of the 2019 winners…”
Read MoreHow GOP-linked PR firms use Google’s ad platform to harvest email addresses
/“What's the seventh largest purchaser of US political ads on Google right now? After the Republican Senate and Congressional Leadership Funds and the Trump campaign…" Read more.
Read MoreRare $6M Renaissance Painting Discovered In 90-Year-Old’s Kitchen
/“It’s a story that gives us all hope that we might have a real gem tucked in our attic, only to be discovered one day…” Read more.
Read MoreBig tobacco keeps starting 'grassroots' Facebook campaigns
/“Facebook groups like 'Oregonians Against Tax Hikes' and 'No Blank Checks for Colorado' look like citizen groups concerned about taxes. But after a few months running extensive Facebook ad campaigns, they recede with members' petition signatures and personal data. They also happen to be owned and operated by tobacco companies.…” Read more.
Read More8 things you must do in Tirana, Albania
/“Often a stop-over on the way to Balkan outdoor adventures, there's no reason to pass up Albania's quirky capital with curiosities like bunkers and pyramids to explore. An easy flight from London, this inexpensive city offers a relaxing stay devoid of the typical European tourist masses…” Read more.
Read More'The biggest problem is greed' says conservationist Jane Goodall
/“A tireless advocate for conservation and one of the world's most prominent primatologists, Jane Goodall travels 300 days a year, explaining why it's important to protect our environment and wildlife…” Read more.
Read MoreRadiocarbon Dating May Help Uncover Art Forgeries
/“Art forgeries have been a problem for centuries and still plague the art world today. Last year an art museum in France found 60% of its works supposedly by artist Étienne Terrus to be frauds. A show of Amedeo Modigliani paintings in Genoa, Italy in 2018 turned out to be entirely fake, but for one of the 21 paintings…” Read more.
Read MoreMaking space for female scientists' voices online, in the media and in person
/“At first glance the Wikipedia author gender gap could suggest women are less interested in publishing on the page, as anyone can do it. But a recent study shows female editors regularly face online harassment and abuse…” Read more.
Read MoreOn The Quest For Creative Funding Models And Younger Audiences For Opera And Ballet
/“To produce canonical works, the arts require risk-taking and innovation, boundary-pushing and stirring up new ideas. Of course, the arts are also an industry, made up of businesses and nonprofits that have to pay employees and keep the stage lights on…” Read more.
Read MoreFinding A Way To Make Digitizing Art Collections Profitable
/“Institutions that hold the world's art have often been slow to create user-friendly digital databases and websites to display their collections (not to mention their retail). The challenges are clear: collections are vast with a majority of works in storage, building new websites and painstakingly cataloging photos of pieces is expensive, and keeping these colossal digital collections up-to-date technologically is difficult…” Read more.
Read MoreBauhaus' 100th Anniversary Opens Museum Doors
/“There are few artistic movements that have had a more lasting and widespread impact beyond the art world than the 20th-century design school of Bauhaus, founded in 1919. It's almost hard to believe that this artistic movement and design style – still present in everything from Ikea furniture to cars to sunglasses – is turning 100 this year…” Read more.
Read MoreThe Spanish Street Artist Painting Old Masterpieces And Selling Them On Instagram
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“On a sunny day outside the beachside city of Málaga, Spain it's not unusual to find a painting hanging on an abandoned wall amidst the more expected forms of graffiti. Getting closer to the work, it is even more surreal to realize the painting is a Monet or a Vermeer or a Rembrandt – well, a reproduction of one – and that the frame it seems to be hanging in is an illusion, part of the painting itself…” Read more.
Read MoreWhen Philanthropists' Reputations Become Problematic For Art Institutions
/“In today's age of easily searchable family histories on the internet and even more easily waged ethical campaigns via social media, charities and specifically, art museums with their public-facing nature, have to more seriously scrutinize where their donations come from…” Read more.
Read MoreBiological clocks — men have them, too!
/“Women have long been aware of the limits of their fertility and potential birth complications as they age. Now research shows that older dads' sperm can lead to disorders in their children later in life…” Read here.
Read More6 reasons to care about your gut flora
/“The microbiome in our stomach has been linked to various aspects of mental and physical health. So what do we actually know about what's going on in there and how it affects our overall health?” Read more.
Read More5 things to know about the HIV-prevention drug, PrEP
/“US President Donald Trump has announced a plan to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America. The drug known as PrEP, which prevents spread of the disease, still faces challenges to widespread adoption around the world…” Read more.
Read MoreSpain's vast network of illegal wells exposed after death of toddler
/“The death of a Spanish toddler who fell into an illegal borehole has put the country's water crisis in the spotlight. It's estimated that there are more than 1 million illegal wells in Spain…” Read more.
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