In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has terminated[1] more than US$2 billion[2] in federal grants, according to a public source database compiled by the scientific community, and it is proposing additional cuts that would reduce the $47 billion budget[3] of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, also known as the NIH, by nearly...
How millions of people can watch the same video at the same time – a computer scientist explains the technology behind streaming
Live and on-demand video constituted an estimated 66% of global internet traffic[1] by volume in 2022, and the top 10 days for internet traffic in 2024 coincided with live streaming events[2] such as the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match and coverage of the NFL. Streaming enables seamless, on-demand access to video content, from online...
What makes people flourish? A new survey of more than 200,000 people across 22 countries looks for global patterns and local differences
What does it mean to live a good life? For centuries, philosophers, scientists and people of different cultures have tried to answer this question. Each tradition has a different take, but all agree: The good life is more than just feeling good − it’s about becoming whole.
More recently, researchers have focused on the idea of...
Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching
The Colorado June air was thick with summer heat. Mosquitoes rose in clouds around us, testing our resolve while we gathered our cameras and sensors. We walked into the wetland, down the unmarked path until the cattails rose shoulder-high. The sounds of frogs and crickets filled the air as we set up our cameras and waited. Then we spotted...