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Galaxy Robot Park in South Korea hopes to attract tourists to concerts and fashion shows, but can robots ever replicate K-pop’s connection with fans? Four child-sized humanoid robots take the stage at an arena in eastern Seoul, and as the opening beats of a song by K-pop star G-Dragon begin, they start to dance. Arms swinging, legs stepping in sync, heads bobbing, wigs and baggy clothes swishing,…

In contemporary society, social media has become a powerful force in shaping political awareness, participation, and discourse.

Culture shock is a phenomenon that can be experienced by anyone, including children, when interacting with a different culture. This phenomenon is represented in the picture book The Way We Do It in Japan by Geneva Cobb Iijima and Paige Billin-Frye through the main character, Gregory, an Asian-American child who moves from America to Japan and encounters cultural differences in daily life. This s…

Background: This qualitative study explored how first-time international graduate students in marital relationships navigate relational, academic, and cultural transitions while pursuing higher education in the United States. Grounded in ecological and cross-cultural adaptation frameworks, the study examined how students balance multiple roles and construct meaning within new social and instituti…

This study reimagines international education by exploring how international graduate student leaders develop intercultural competence (IC) through a decolonial lens. While IC is often framed within Western-centric paradigms, this research repositions IC via a non-dominant perspective illuminated by Thich Nhat Hanh’s Engaged Buddhism (Thich, 2020). Guided by an innovative, contemplative, and mind…

Abstract This chapter focuses on the critical juncture of new employee onboarding and socialization, emphasizing its implications for performance management (PM). It explores the transformation of newcomers from organizational outsiders to insiders, the excitement and stress associated with this transition, and the heightened anxiety around being welcomed and evaluated. The chapter discusses the …

Abstract This chapter explores the intricate relationship between performance management (PM) and cultural contexts. It delves into how cultural values, such as performance orientation, status hierarchy, and flexibility, influence PM systems, and examines three key components of the interface between culture and PM: PM in multinational contexts, global performance expectations, and the cross-cult…

Abstract The timely detection of disasters is essential for effective emergency response. Traditional satellite-based monitoring provides accurate hazard observations but suffers from acquisition delays and weather-dependent imaging conditions. Therefore, recent research increasingly uses rapidly available digital data such as social media, news, and weather observations. However, most approaches…

Abstract In an era of deepening political polarization, corporate political activism has emerged as a critical nexus of consumer-brand interaction. This study investigates the alignment between U.S. corporations’ offline political donations and the ideological composition of their online audiences on the X (formerly Twitter) platform. While existing research often relies on surveys, extensive emp…

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07681-3 A hierarchical generative framework for the computational re-animation of Dunhuang dance

From synthpop to drum’n’bass, the company had a roster of edgy stars – and let them do what they wanted. As a new podcast is launched, artists and staff remember the extreme work environment ‘My eyes have started to fucking flicker because you just mentioned London Records,” says Goldie, having an involuntary physical reaction at the mere thought of his old label. “If a nightclub could be a recor…

Hamamatsu Corporation announced a new collaboration with the Keck School of Medicine of USC focused on real-world digital pathology workflow improvement.

As higher education institutions (HEIs) increasingly prioritize internationalization, the intercultural competence of lecturers, particularly intercultural sensitivity, becomes a crucial element in fostering inclusive learning environments. Despite its global importance, limited research explores the readiness of faculty in non-English-speaking regions for teaching internationally diverse classro…

The Japanese occupation of Indonesia from 1942 to 1945 transformed colonial society through the implementation of a wartime economic system designed to sustain Japanese military expansion in the Pacific. Within this context, mass media functioned not merely as channels of information but as strategic instruments of economic propaganda and colonial discourse. This study examines how the newspaper …

Audience This post is for anyone who loves the technical and historical aspects of chiptune music, as well as enthusiasts of the Amiga PAULA and Atari YM2149 audio chips. The Context In my Cycle-Op demo, I showcased a classic sin-dots effect that rendered 6405 dots at 50 FPS on the Amiga 500. Two years later, Amiga legend Hannibal released the long-awaited 3D Demo 3, packed with a lot of impressi…

Roman Mars’s pod 99% Invisible is a worldwide hit. Now he has teamed up with the BBC for new series A History of the United States in 100 Objects, an insight into the secret significance of everyday stuff In 2010, the audio producer Roman Mars launched 99% Invisible, a podcast about the hidden designs and inventions most of us overlook. At the time, he didn’t have high hopes for it. Not only was …

Before GAFA. Before Facebook. Before DOI. Before V=N/D. There was a New Testament, an illness, a road that changed direction, and a Macintosh in a vocational school that the teachers could not use. This paper records the origin point of the civilizational observer whose nine subsequent coordinates map the coming Meta World. The illness was the mechanism of redirection. The Mac — mastered independ…

The PLMC is a new classification of high-performance craft vehicles that operates as the antithesis of the traditional sumptuous hypercar and conventional mechanical replicas (e.g., Shelby Cobra). Conceived as an "island of neg-entropy", the system uses the complexity of software and high-fidelity electronics to absorb disturbances from the environment and eradicate the driver's physical ordeal. …

1. It All Started Because a School Network Sucked 1.1 The Real Origin Story (Not What You Think) Back in 1996 , at École Centrale Paris —one of France's fanciest engineering schools—the campus Token Ring network was slower than a snail on tranquilizers . Students couldn't play games, couldn't transfer files, couldn't do anything fun. Most people would just complain. But these students thought: "W…