Every day, millions of people scroll through news feeds, share messages, ask voice assistants for directions, and make decisions based on information that flows through screens and algorithms. Most rarely pause to consider why they believe what they read, or how technology quietly shapes their choices. Dr Mehwish Nasim does. A senior lecturer in computer science at The University of Western Australia, Nasim has devoted her career to understanding the complex space where human beings and machines meet. She researches artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and online misinformation, and she does so with a deep appreciation for the human factors that make…

A Night of Chaos and Lies in a Kyiv Suburb On the evening of November 2nd, as Russia launched one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine—a barrage of 289 drones, 17 ballistic missiles, and 59 cruise missiles aimed at energy infrastructure across nine regions—a different kind of battle was unfolding on the ground. In Kharkiv, an aerial bomb struck a hospital passageway, forcing the evacuation of over two hundred patients, while seventy-three people were injured across the city. Ukrainian troops were bravely repelling the attack, but in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, a suburb near Kyiv, an angry crowd was forming outside…