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Science and Technology February 22, 2022

Meet Gladys Mae West, the hidden hero behind a system billions of people rely on today

[This article first appeared in AccuWeather News, excerpted with permission. Follow this link to the full original article] Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed and originally used for military purposes,…

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Science and Technology February 21, 2022

How scammers like Anna Delvey and the Tinder Swindler exploit a core feature of human nature

Vanessa Bohns, Cornell University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Maybe she had so much money she just lost track of it. Maybe it was all…

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Science and Technology February 3, 2022

A Former Hacker’s Guide to Boosting Your Online Security

by Cezary Podkul [This article first appeared in ProPublica, used with permission] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like…

Cyclist on the Silver Comet Trail in article about Silver Comet Trail reopen

Science and Technology February 2, 2022

50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to – the biology of how muscles change with age

By Roger Fielding, Tufts University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] There is perhaps no better way to see the absolute pinnacle of human athletic abilities…

an electron microscope view of the virus that caused COVID. a circular area dotted with round spots

Science and Technology February 1, 2022

The cognitive bias that tripped us up during the pandemic

By Taha Yasseri, University College Dublin [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The human brain is a marvellous machine, capable of handling complex information. To help…

Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (left) and Pyotr Dubrov (right) work to outfit the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a seven-hour and 11-minute spacewalk.

Science and Technology January 30, 2022

A lunar return, a Jupiter moon, the most powerful rocket ever built and the James Webb Space Telescope – space missions to watch in the coming months

By Chris Impey, University of Arizona [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Space travel is all about momentum. Rockets turn their fuel into momentum that carries…

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Science and Technology January 6, 2022

Real shooting stars exist, but they aren’t the streaks you see in a clear night sky

By Idan Ginsburg, Georgia State University [First published in The Conversation, used with permission] “I see thy glory like a shooting star.” So says the Earl of Salisbury as he…

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Science and Technology December 26, 2021

James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer on the team explains how to send a giant telescope to space – and why

By Marcia Rieke, University of Arizona [This article first appeared in The Conversation. Used with permission] The James Webb Space Telescope was launched into space on Dec. 25, 2021, and…

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