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Zero-trust security: Assume that everyone and everything on the internet is...
For cybersecurity, your best bet is to assume that the enemy has already slipped inside.clu/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order, signed May 12,...
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When will the first baby be born in space?
A permanent Moon colony could become a reality in a few decades.NASA/Dennis Davidson/WikimediaCommonsWhen the first baby is born off-Earth, it will be a milestone as momentous as humanity’s first steps...
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Supermoon! Red blood lunar eclipse! It's all happening at once, but what does...
A red blood moon is caused by sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere. U.S. Navy/Joshua Valcarcel/WikimediaCommonsThe first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen during the early hours of...
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578,555 people have died from COVID-19 in the US, or maybe it's 912,345 –...
A November 2020 memorial in Washington, D.C. consisted of thousands of flags, each planted to remember someone who died of COVID-19.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesWhen the Institute for...
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Narcissistic people aren't just full of themselves – new research finds...
People who think they are superior have no qualms about attacking those they regard as inferior. Sigrid Olsson/PhotoAlto Agency RF Collections via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about...
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Fast computers, 5G networks and radar that passes through walls are bringing...
Seeing through walls has long been a staple of comics and science fiction. Something like it could soon be a reality.Paul Gilligan/Photodisc via Getty ImagesWithin seconds after reaching a city,...
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Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?
Vaccinated people are well protected from getting sick, but could they inadvertently transmit the coronavirus?Noam Galai/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty ImagesTakeaways:Vaccines can be great at...
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Politicized science drove lunar exploration and Stalinist pseudoscience – but...
President Trump frequently and loudly disagreed with scientists. AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FileLast year one of my students in a history of science class commented that “no one knows which doctors to trust...
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Going beyond 'back to normal' – 5 research-based tips for emerging from...
You don't need to pick up exactly where you left off; you can think about how you want your life to look.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesYou’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for...
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Sick of dangerous city traffic? Remove left turns
Left turns are dangerous and cause a lot of unnecessary traffic. Chris Jongkind/Moment via Getty ImagesTo reduce travel times, fuel consumption and carbon emissions, in 2004, UPS changed delivery...
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A new way to remove salts and toxic metals from water
New technologies that can clean salty or polluted water could help meet growing water needs. Science Photo Library/Getty ImagesMost people on Earth get fresh water from lakes and rivers. But these...
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Why getting more people with disabilities developing technology is good for...
Accessible technology is better for everyone, and accessible technology benefits when the people who rely on it most help build it.Chris So/Toronto Star via Getty ImagesUnless you’re blind or know...
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Study shows AI-generated fake reports fool experts
It doesn't take a human mind to produce misinformation convincing enough to fool experts in such critical fields as cybersecurity.iLexx/iStock via Getty ImagesTakeaways· AIs can generate fake reports...
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Why are some mushrooms poisonous?
Poisonous or edible?Ekaterina Morozova/iStock via Getty Images PlusCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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What the Ottoman Empire can teach us about the consequences of climate change...
Drought's effects on the population slowed the Ottoman Empire's expansion in the 16th century.Lessing ArchivesIn the late 16th century, hundreds of bandits on horseback stormed through the countryside...
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A volcanic eruption 39 million years ago buried a forest in Peru – now the...
With the evidence uncovered by paleontologists, an artist sketched El Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana as it might have looked long before humans.Mariah Slovacek/NPS-GIPIn the hills outside the small...
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COVID-19 messages make emergency alerts just another text in the crowd on...
People of a certain age remember radio and television broadcasts interrupted by tests of the Emergency Broadcast System.filo/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty ImagesOn a spring day in 2020, residents of...
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535 new fast radio bursts help answer deep questions about the universe and...
Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts are getting more attention from astronomers.ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SAOn June 9, 2021, my colleagues and I announced...
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Working with dangerous viruses sounds like trouble – but here's what...
Microbes are everywhere – and they aren't all friendly. spawns/E+ via Getty ImagesThere are about 1,400 known human pathogens– viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and helminths that can cause a person’s...
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Why do cats knead with their paws?
A behavior from kittenhood persists in many adult cats. Byron Chin/flickr, CC BY-NC-SACurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it...
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