The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, […]
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The US Wants to Integrate the Commercial Space Industry With Its Military to Prevent Cyber Attacks
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The US military recently launched a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen […]
Ukrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new video appears on the social […]
Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought
During times of low water, Ecuador has few options to meet its baseline energy demands, because it doesn’t have any other major […]
China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
At a tech forum in Beijing last week, a Chinese company unveiled a “homegrown” brain-computer interface that allowed a monkey to seemingly […]
A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade
Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics.
What is a Superconductor?
Every electric product that you use — even the power lines bringing the electricity into the building — suffers from energy loss […]
What Doctors Wish You Knew About HIPAA and Data Security
A former Department of Homeland Security adviser and a doctor, Chris Pierson is CEO of BlackCloak, a company that specializes in personal […]
How to Lucid Dream (Even if You Think You Can’t)
I’ve never had a lucid dream, but I’d love to start. Every night my eyes grow weary and my passive consciousness arrives […]
What the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Reveals About Humankind
It was perfectly reasonable for the Department of Defense to be concerned that these represented some kind of advanced Soviet technology, and […]