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Technology is revolutionizing how intelligence is gathered and analyzed – and...
Commercial satellite companies provide views once reserved for governments, like this image of a Russian military training facility in Crimea.Satellite image (c) 2021 Maxar Technologies via Getty...
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First gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease successfully given to two children
About 1 in 300 people in the general population carry the Tay-Sachs disease gene.Ray Kachatorian/Stone via Getty ImagesTwo babies have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease after...
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Trust comes when you admit what you don’t know – lessons from child...
Kids figure out who's trustworthy as they learn about the world.Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/PhotoAlto Agency RF Collections via Getty ImagesConsider the following situation: Two experts give you advice about...
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African wild dogs cope with human development using skills they rely on to...
Wild dogs are usually with their pack mates.Scott Creel, CC BY-NDLarge carnivores in Africa are important from ecological, economic and cultural perspectives, but human activities put them at risk....
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Super Bowl ads turn up the volume on cryptocurrency buzz: 6 essential reads...
Super Bowl 2022 was dubbed Crypto Bowl even before the game was played because of the advertising blitz cryptocurrency companies unleashed during the annual televised spectacle. The ads, featuring a...
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Deer, mink and hyenas have caught COVID-19 – animal virologists explain how...
White-tailed deer are one of the few wild species that scientists have found to be infected with the coronavirus – at least so far.Andrew C/WikimediaCommons, CC BYIn April 2020, tigers and lions at the...
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Happy Twosday! Why numbers like 2/22/22 have been too fascinating for over...
Is "Twosday" as special as some corners of the internet seem to think?articular/iStock via Getty Images PlusThis Feb. 22, the world hits an unprecedented milestone. It’s the date itself: 2/22/22. And...
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What are false flag attacks – and could Russia make one work in the...
The Russian and Ukrainian governments both blamed forces aligned with the other for mortar fire in eastern Ukraine and for using the accusations as justification for increased aggression.AP Photo/Vadim...
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Calling the coronavirus the 'Chinese virus' matters – research connects the...
Asian Americans have been targeted with hate crimes during the pandemic.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNo one wants their geographic region to be associated with a deadly disease. Unfortunately, this has...
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What is 3G and why is it being shut down? An electrical engineer explains
The sun is setting on 3G networks.Ted/Flickr, CC BY-NCOn Feb. 22, 2022, AT&T is scheduled to turn off its 3G cellular network. T-Mobile is scheduled to turn its off on July 1, 2022, and Verizon is...
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How AI is shaping the cybersecurity arms race
Defending against cyberattacks increasingly means looking for patterns in large amounts of data – a task AI was made for.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty ImagesThe average business receives 10,000...
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Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that...
Together with artifacts from the past, ancient DNA can fill in details about our ancient ancestors.Nina R/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYEvery person alive on the planet today is descended from people who...
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90% of drugs fail clinical trials – here's one way researchers can select...
The majority of drug failures are attributed to lack of clinical efficacy and high toxicity.Andrew Brookes/Image Source via Getty ImagesIt takes 10 to 15 years and around US$1 billion to develop one...
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What are false flag attacks – and did Russia stage any to claim justification...
A military vehicle destroyed on Feb. 18, 2022, by an explosion in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian separatists.Nikolai Trishin\TASS via Getty ImagesThe Russian assault on...
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Russian invasion of Ukraine and resulting US sanctions threaten the future of...
The International Space Station is run collectively by the U.S., Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and Canada.NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SANew U.S. sanctions on Russia...
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A rocket is going to crash into the Moon – the accidental experiment will...
All moons and planets are constantly under barrage from asteroids and comets.NASA via WikimediaCommonsOn March 4, 2022, a lonely, spent rocket booster will smack into the surface of the Moon at nearly...
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An asteroid impact could wipe out an entire city – a space security expert...
A giant asteroid struck Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesThe Earth exists in a dangerous environment. Cosmic bodies, like...
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The tech industry talks about boosting diversity, but research shows little...
Increased diversity has eluded the tech industry.Cavan Images via Getty ImagesThe U.S. tech sector is growing 10 times faster and has wages twice as high as the rest of the economy. This industry also...
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Intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare, electronic warfare – what...
Russian forces have the capability to jam signals from satellites, affecting communications and navigation.Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SARussia has one of the most capable and technological...
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Solar storms can destroy satellites with ease – a space weather expert...
The Sun occasionally ejects large amounts of energy and particles into space that can smash into Earth.NASA/GSFC/SDO via WikimediaCommonsOn Feb. 4, 2022, SpaceX launched 49 satellites as part of Elon...
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