Google and Apple Change Tactics on Contact Tracing Tech
The new plan unifies some of the behind-the-scenes work of sending exposure notifications. In the original scheme, state health authorities were responsible […]
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The Feds Want These Teams to Hack a Satellite—From Home
Vittitoe, too, recalls old NASA stuff coming in handy during the qualifying rounds. In one challenge, the team had to infiltrate a […]
How the US Knew Iranian Missiles Were Coming Before They Hit
On Tuesday, Iran launched more than a dozen missiles targeting two Iraqi military bases housing American soldiers. The attack was retaliation for […]
How Close Is Iran to a Nuclear Weapon? Here’s What We Know
On Sunday, the Iranian government announced it would no longer abide by most of the restrictions on uranium enrichment and production set […]
The New Satellite Arms Race Threatening to Explode in Space
In the midafternoon of January 11, 2007, US Air Force major general William Shelton sat at the head of a table in […]
Plastic Water Bottles Might Have Poisoned Ancient Californians
You’ve heard the PSA: Recycle that plastic water bottle, or else archaeologists will be digging it up thousands of years from now. […]
The Senate Health Bill Is a Disaster for the Opioid Crisis
After seven years of promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans are now closer to achieving that goal […]
Chinese Satellite Relays a Quantum Signal Between Cities
On a clear night at the end of last year, a green dot appeared on the horizon near the Chinese-Myanmar border. “It […]
The London Fire and the Enduring Problem of Fighting High-Rise Infernos
The fire that raged through a London apartment building on Wednesday night horrified engineers for more than its terrible human cost—at least […]
New Math Untangles the Mysterious Nature of Causality
In his 1890 opus, The Principles of Psychology, William James invoked Romeo and Juliet to illustrate what makes conscious beings so different […]